I've not watched this webinar, but I can tell from this tread I need to do so soon.
Regarding footnoting research (or any of the notes) I go ahead and attached multiple sources to the note. I then use the MLA style (I think) withing the note, which is a parenthetical or square brackets to note the author and year like so [Smith 1999]. I am more pragmatic in that I am less concerned with being fully MLA compliant than in simply providing a notation that conveys enough information to which of the associated sources attached to the note is being cited for a given statement. While attaching the report itself in a source detail as has been suggested is not a bad idea at all, I like to have the information available withing Legacy itself where it can be included in other reports if needed. Hope that makes sense. On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Michele Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I frequently have to “prove” a relationship using indirect evidence. I am > going to copy and paste a sample of this from my file. This is in my > research notes in Legacy. > > We conclude that Silas Simmons is the son of James Simmons and Ellenor Lee > through indirect evidence. The first known record of Silas Simmons is his > enlistment into the 10 and 20 Consolidated Regiment, Louisiana Militia on 25 > December 1814. It is unknown why Silas joined a Louisiana Militia instead of > a Mississippi unit. We do know that this is the correct Silas Simmons (the > only Silas Simmons that served in the War of 1812) because he later filed for > bounty land in Perry County based on this service. There were two other > Simmons men that joined this same unit on the same day, James Simmons and > William Simmons. This James Simmons is, most likely, 18 year old James Jr. > and not James Sr. who would have been 50 years old. We can tie James > Simmons, Jr. to his father through his Bible which still exists. In the > Bible James Jr. lists James Simmons, Sr. and Ellenor Lee “his wife” complete > with birth and death dates. Though James and Ellenor are not listed > specifically as his parents, they are the only ones listed that are of age to > have been his parents (the remaining persons listed in the Bible are James > Jr., his wife Lucinda and their children). James Jr. and Silas were only 3 > years apart in age and most likely brothers. On the 1820 Perry County tax > roll, James Sr., James Jr., and Silas are listed right next to each other. > > The one drawback to recording it this way in the research notes is that I > can't footnote each individual fact (you CAN attach multiple sources to the > research notes). If this was in a research report (and it actually IS in a > research report that I wrote) each statement would be individually sourced. > 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
