Bruce: That’s pretty much the conclusion I’m coming to—sort of a hybrid arrangement. My census records are sorted by year, country, state/province, etc., which works very well for those since I only have to type four digits to get to the right area of the Master Source List. I do like Geoff’s approach in some ways but don’t much want Find A Grave to sort between Connecticut and Florida, nor do I want the geographical locations peppered with book titles. After a little more consideration I’ll probably be ready to tackle a rearrangement, probably with an asterisk as you suggest or some other code to preceed some of the categories.
Kirsten From: Bruce Jones Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geoff: Source List Arrangement? My sources are also grouped like yours and I am wondering the same thing about Geoff's method. One option would be to have three categories: Locality, Surname, and "other". the other could be prefixed with a symbol, like an asterisk. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: Russ: Yes, that would work for some, but I have a ton of book sources like Savage’s _Genealogical Dictionary_ and _The Great Migration Begins_ that pertain to many lines as well as other miscellaneous source items. I’m wondering if Geoff uses some device or prefix to keep non-location specific names (like his new Find A Grave source) from mixing alphabetically with others that are sorted by state and county. Currently my 600+ sources are grouped by entering “book,” “cemetery,” “birth,” “marriage,” etc. as the first word in the Source List Name. This is OK, but it causes records from a single geographical location to sort into those several categories rather than being grouped by location and I’m wondering if Geoff’s system would work better—except I’m not sure about how he handles some of these details. Kirsten From: my genealogy email Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geoff: Source List Arrangement? Kirsten, For published genealogies, family bibles, etc... I start the name of the master source with the Surname so that they all sort together, ie. “HALLADAY – Family bible of so in so Halladay by so in so”; “SMITH – GEDCOM of John Smith descendants supplied by James Smith, 12-20-2010”. Hope this helps. Russ From: Kirsten Bowman Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 2:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Geoff: Source List Arrangement? Geoff: In your last “Watch Geoff Live” you mentioned having sorted your Master Source List by entering the location first in the Source List Name since that’s the way many records are found at Family Search. I do like the concept of having, for example, all New York, Dutchess Co., birth, marriage, death records, cemeteries, newspapers, etc. grouped together in the Master Source List, but how do you handle things like published genealogies, family bibles, or the dozens of other things that might not be location-specific? Thanks so much for doing this series. It’s very informative to see how you use Legacy and there always seem to be tips to pick up in addition to the main topic. Kirsten 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
