Ron, When you edit Master Source and click "Save" Legacy prompts "Apply changes to All references" or "Apply changes to a new Copy". Using Jenny's idea you could use a citation this way also. -- Richard Van Wasshnova
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, > > Again, I'm not following you. Yes there is only one Master Source for the > Census, but there is only one Source Detail as well. Like I said it only > contains the Registration District Details and the Date. The details from > the census are contained in the Events, such as Employment etc., so are not > included in the Source. > > I simply use the three arrows icon to attach the full Source. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny M Benson > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Single Source Citation link to multiple People and > Events > > On 27/07/2011 11:46, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> For example, I have just added a new family to my tree with data taken >> from >> the 1881 census. The Master Source comprises the National data for the >> 1881 >> census and the Detail the Registration District, the reference numbers for >> that district and the date, and the census image is attached. This I use >> for >> all the events relating to that family eg. Vital Events, Residence, >> Occupation etc. One Source for all the data (as you know I'm a lumper). >> >> Only 1 iteration of the source for all events. > > Yes, but you paste in the actual Source Detail lots of times, don't you? > > > As a lumper, you only have one Master Source, which you refer to many > times. But as soon as you start adding Source Detail you don't refer to > the one Detail several times, you make several copies of it. You don't > make several copies of the Census image, you have one copy which is > referenced several times. I think Paul is suggesting you have one copy > of a Census Detail which you reference several times. > > Not sure how it would work in practice, though, because of the way a > Citation is made up of a Master Source and a Detail and the varying > amounts of lumping/splitting that are practised. I rather suspect > Legacy handles Citations the way it does because that's the best way to > do it! > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- Richard Van Wasshnova http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
