Thank you everyone for replying and the reason for the delay in responding is I have received no emails of any activity on list nor that replies had been posted. I understand how and why some users enter transcribed text into different fields after reading the replies and adding another source to my program. I actually work with 4 screens when entering sources. The first one is the "Individual's Information Screen" where I first add an event.
Then I start creating the source for the event in the "Assigned Sources for..." field and Enter New Source tab. I'm using the Sourcewriter which I'm still becoming accustomed to. The Create New Source tab opens the "Add a Master Source" field Where you begin to describe the source. The "Go to Step 2" tab opens into the part of the citation field and includes the State, County, Series and Repositories fields and the "Copy of the text from this master source." This is the "Text" field where all my transcripts were imported into so I continued to use that field for all later transcripts. The Edit Source tab in the "Assigned Sources for..." also opens this screen. The "Edit Source Detail" screen asks for Vo.l and page number, etc. with the option to enter text and comments as well. After reading the replies and more threads on the subject I now understand now that the Master Source screen or what I view as creating the "body" of the source can be used to create a "Master Source" for documents such as the censuses where the questions remain the same and then use the "Source Details" screen to cite the different facts for each individual or family. Having that Master Source capability would have been very handy when I first started and was transcribing every census individually!!! Unfortunately though there will still be the problem when importing to another program like FTM where the text of the Master Source of being omitted with the import to those programs that don't recognize that text field. Most of the documents I work with now, such as deeds and probate records, would not have a Master Source to begin with since they all vary in wording or format. I'll have to see if they same problem occurs with RootsMagic as well. I appreciate your time and assistance! Dawn 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
