Thanks, Michele. I've been wrestling with a few of these sorts of sources, but they aren't yet numerous enough to have gotten out of hand. Maybe this time I can clean them up now and have a plan for new ones as I find them. ;) (better than another massive clean-up task) --Paula
________________________________ From:Michele Lewis <[email protected]> To:[email protected] Sent: Tue, April 24, 2012 6:12:07 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New user -sources. You can sort them any way that makes sense to you. I don’t have any Australian records so I can tell you how I do those but mine sorted by type then place. For church records like you are doing mine would be… Church Records – GA – Columbia Co – Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church Church Records – GA – Lincoln Co – Loco Baptist Church Church Records – MS – Lamar Co – Burn Bridge Baptist Church Church Records – MS – Lamar Co – Tabernacle Baptist Church The list will sort by type, state, county then specific church Michele From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:30 PM To:[email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] New user -sources. I have been researching my family history for the past 15 years or so and until a few months ago I was using “Generation Family Tree “ on which to record all my data. Because the latter program is out of date , no longer in production and has some other problems, a couple of months ago I decided to switch to Legacy Family Tree version 7.5. I imported a gedcom from my generations program into Legacy and the data came across perfectly except for the ‘sources’ which are a complete mess!! I realize that the topic of sources has been discussed at length many times on this forum and I have read much of this material and after struggling with the concept of master sources etc for a while and watching the training videos, I think I more or less understand the system now (perhaps I stand to be corrected!!) . I have now spent several hundred hours converting my sources into Legacy’s format however I have not finished that task by any means. I have been able so far to generate what I think are appropriate master sources and detail for Census, GRO records, BMD certificates, obituaries etc . I am stuck however on determining the best way to arrange sources for parish records, BTs etc because most if not all of the examples I have been able to find have related to USA sources . Since most of my material is of British origin I am wondering if someone can offer advice about a good system to use to record sources for parish records. I realize that there is no right or wrong way of doing this but need some advice from a long time user. The possible suggestions: for Master sources that I can come up with are as follows Parish Records – Bapt Marr or Burials - Surname – Church eg Parish records – Baptisms - HUMPHREY – Mansfield St. Peter Parish records – Baptisms – DUTTON - Mansfield St. Peter Parish records - Baptisms - HUMPHREY – Pleasley St. Michael Parish records – Burials - FOULKS - Chapelry of Smalley OR ALTERNATIVELY: Parish Records - Church - Bapt, Marr, or Burials – Surname Alternatively there may be a nuch better way of doing this. Can someone who has large numbers of such British sources please advise on the system they use. Martyn PEART Queensland, Australia 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 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 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
