Where can I find the 'Source Citation Detail' screen? Sent from my iPad
> On 24 Dec 2013, at 12:24, Ron Bernier <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> What is the point of this feature? >> >> I understand it has to do with evidence and proof - but why has it been >> included in Legacy and where do we see the results of answering the >> individual questions? >> >> Yes, I also understand it is optional, but if the results of selecting the >> answers don't show up anywhere - what's the point of having it? >> >> Or am I missing something about it? > > > As you indicated - use is optional. It assists you in determining your level > of confidence in the source information you are utilizing. From Legacy help: > > "The Source Quality screen is reached by clicking the Analyze Source Quality > button on the Detail Information tab of the Source Citation Detail screen. > > The basic principle is explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills in her Evidence > Explained book: > > SOURCES provide INFORMATION from which we select EVIDENCE for ANALYSIS. A > sound CONCLUSION may then be considered "PROOF." > > SOURCE > Select whether this source is an Original or a Derivative of the original. > Or choose I don't know if you are not sure. > > INFORMATION > Select Primary if the information in the source was provided by someone with > firsthand knowledge, or Secondary if the information is secondhand. Or > again, I don't know if you are not sure. > > EVIDENCE > If the source answers the question you are trying to resolve all by itself, > select Direct. If the source helps to answer the research question but > doesn't do it directly, select Indirect. Or, if you can infer an answer to > the research question by the lack of information in the source, select > Negative. Or, if you are not sure, select I don't know." > > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > 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
