On 24/07/2013 21:32, M Sandvig wrote: > I need advice on sourcing an obit. It is a regular obituary from a > newspaper. Do you recommend using Sourcewriter / newspaper? Or should > I create an 'Event' Obituaries? > I am struggling with this as I know it will make a difference in > Reports. My ultimate goal is to have the obituary print out with the > individuals' information in a book style report.
Even if you decide to create an Event called Obituary (1) or something similar, you will still need to create Source for the information that you include in that Event. You can probably also use the same Source for the person's name, date of death, name of spouse and/or children and possibly other things such as occupation. Creating an Event would certainly be the best way to ensure the Obit prints out in the body of a Report the way you want it to look. You might want to attach a scanned image of the Obit to the Event, but I would certainly add it to the Source Details, as well as copying the text to the Text field. Unless you are a dedicated "splitter" you will want to create a Master Source which can be used for every "clipping" from that particular newspaper title that you might find in the future and the specific details for each "clipping" will be entered in the Source Details. (1) "Obituary" makes more sense than the plural, I think, because you will only have one Obit per Event, although you might have more than one Obituary Event for an individual. -- Jenny M Benson 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
