You can use the source overrides for those cases where the letter is no longer held by the recipient.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 17/11/2011 8:22 PM, M. Brenzel wrote: > Using Sourcewriter to create a new master source for a Personal > Correspondence Letter, you separately add the given and last names of the > writer and the recipient. As a result, the citation ends with "privately > held by<last name>". > > For example, a letter written by Jane Smith to John Doe on 25 Dec 1908 is > cited this way: > > Footnote/Endnote Citation: > Jane Smith to John Doe, letter, 25 Dec 1908; privately held by Doe. > > Bibliography: > Smith, Jane. Letter. 25 Dec 1908 to John Doe. Privately held by Doe. > > > This format is making an assumption that the letter is still being held by > John Doe but it's not even specific that it is him. What if the letter was > actually in the possession of John Doe's daughter, Jane? And what if Jane > was married and her name is now Jane Doe Brown? > > Mary 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
