Darren, You do not say which country you are from, and as I am only really familiar with the English birth certificates I will answer in relation to them. However, my practice would give the answer of “yes” to your question.
The English BCs give the name, date of birth, place of birth, name of father (if registered), name and maiden name of mother, and thus is a source for all of these. I attach the Source to each of these as you suggest, you may also wish to use it to register the status of the parents, although, personally I do not. This is not as onerous as it looks if one uses the Source or Event Clipboard – if you are not familiar with these may I suggest that you read them up in the Help Files. There is one change which I make to the Source Detail depending on where the source is being used. When being used for the child, I would simply have something like ‘Birth Certificate’ in it, whereas if it was being used for a parent I would change that to ‘Son’s/Daughter’s (+ name) Birth Certificate’. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Darren Walker Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources question Hello, I have recently purchase Legacy and I’ve watched the beginners video. My question relates to entering a birth certificate. It’s one document but contains a lot of information for the child, mother and father etc. I have entered this once as a master source. Then do I cite a master source each time I refer to it? I will refer to it many times but to enter the certificate no, year, person details each time is a lot of typing. Is this how everyone else does it? Thank you, Darren. 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
