Suzanne, It would be helpful to know which type of Legacy sourcing you are using – Basic or Source Writer, and which country. So, I am assuming Source Writer, and as I am from England my knowledge is based on their census returns, but should be applicable elsewhere.
I too have a Master Source for each census eg 1841, 1851 etc. and include in this only the information which is common to all the censuses, although I do include the place where I got the census details from in the Repository (eg. Ancestry, Findmypast etc.) which does mean that I have separate Master Sources for the census years and each repository. Having entered the first event(s) eg. names, date and place of birth, I click the blue arrow, select the Master Source, and complete the details for the specific census. On returning to the main page I click the single, or multiple, blue bar depending on the number of events which links the source to the event(s). To use this Source of other people simply click the appropriate bar for the Event(s). Note also that on the right of the Event screen there are paste/copy buttons which allow one to save a common Event (eg. Residence) to the Source Clipboard. This can then be used to enter the Event and Source to all relevant persons just be clicking the Copy button. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Suzanne Scheraga Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 3:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Updating the details of sources I'm having a very frustrating time trying to update my census record sources. I have one master source for each census, and use detail entries for the individual census pages. I want to have a transcription of the family related text and a photo of the census page in each of these areas. Is there a way to do this without copying the information to each individual's event? For example, if there are six individuals listed on the census page, I want each event for which I cite the source (occupation, residence, etc), to have both a full transcription of the page and the image of the page. This might mean at least 16 specific places I would need to go to update the source. I understand that I can use the source clipboard to add a new version of the source and then delete the "old" version. Is there a more efficient way of accomplishing this? I have purchased LTools but have not figured out if it can be used to make these changes. Can anyone help? BTW - I'm using the latest version of Legacy on Windows 7. Thanks in advance, Suzanne 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
