Kathy, I have been following this thread for a while. I have dozens of Australian BDM indexes I cite from various states. I don’t use SourceWriter, but it seems to me you are trying to put too much information in the Source Detail information field. Some of it can go in the Source Detail text field. (You don't really need the headings)
For example for the Source Detail- entry for Cecil Herbert Russell Watson, Reg no 5734/1950 or entry for Cecil Herbert Russell Watson, 5734/1950 And For the Source Detail Text- Parents: Charles Russell and May District: Kurri Kurri However, if you want it all in Source Detail, add the Parents and District there. Just not the headings. Just a suggestion. Regards, Jennifer From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 8 January 2014 10:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which SourceWriter Template Birth Records > Birth Certificate > All countries, except those listed below... > Created at State level > Basic Format / Online Database This source type allows for a total of three fields "Item of Interest", "Date Accessed", and "Credit Line" I would much rather for at least Birth and Death Index results be able to enter all of the details returned from the index search. The number 1 reason for this is that the spelling of names, or the use of preferred names rather than legal names, can differ to the point of things appearing to be a different person entirely. For example - birth registered as Lilian with mother Mary, death registered as Lillian but no mother mentioned. Mother's death is registered incidentally as May, and many of Mary's other children have their deaths registered with their mother listed as May (such as Cecil's below). These alternate names need to be sourced, and a very basic source doesn't read well, and if I was to use the above sourcewriter template, I would still have to have extra info in the Text/Comments area which doesn't format nicely when included as part of a citation. To be able to include all of these details into the source in the way that I am able to with Birth records > Birth Certificate > England > Birth certificate, index > Online database would be wonderful and a huge help. The birth citation of The Trustees of FreeBMD, "FreeBMD Birth Index 1837-1983," database(http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ : accessed 8 January 2014), entry for Cecil Herbert R Watson, volume 1b, page 189, June quarter 1873, Pancras district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. Cit. Date: 8 January 2014. reads so much better than that same person's death registration of either Australian Death Indexes, NSW Reg no 5734/1950. Cit. Date: 8 January 2014. ; Registration Number Last Name Given Name(s) Father's Given Name(s) Mother's Given Name(s) District 5734/1950 WATSON CECIL HERBERT RUSSELL CHARLES RUSSELL MAY KURRI KURRI or Australian Death Indexes, NSW Reg no 5734/1950. Cit. Date: 8 January 2014. ; Registration Number 5734/1950 Last Name WATSON Given Name(s) CECIL HERBERT RUSSELL Father's Given Name(s) CHARLES RUSSELL Mother's Given Name(s) MAY District KURRI KURRI (depending on how much time I spend on it, and yes, this was created using just the Basic Source I'm sure I'm not the only one with Australian ancestors and relatives that would appreciate a SourceWriter template that is going to allow us to have a properly formatted citation with all of the relevant details from the index search. On 8 January 2014 20:47, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> wrote: On 08/01/2014 07:28, Kathy Thompson wrote: > For example, I need to (more) correctly source Australian based Births > Deaths & Marriages. > The indexes that can be searched typically have for Births and Deaths : > Registration Number, Year, Given Names, Surname, Father's Name, Mother's > Name, Age > For marriages they typically have : Registration Number, Year, Groom's > Surname, Grooms Given Names, Bride's Surname, Bride's Given Names (Groom > / Bride are also seen as Person 1 / Person 2) > > To pick a source, create a template and then go to add the source only > to find it isn't anywhere near "right" is a waste of time. > > Is there somewhere where I can actually see what fields the difference > Source Writer Templates have? > I'm comfortable enough with Access to know what to look for (and how) if > someone can tell me which table to look at in there, if that's the only > way to see. > > Otherwise, can I please have suggestions for the above examples, knowing > that > Birth Records > Birth Certificate > All countries, except those listed > below... > Created at State level > Basic Format / Online Database > and corresponding marriage & death, are not suitable for my needs? Bit difficult for those of us who aren't knowledgeable about Australian records, so we don't know what fields you want or why the one you mention isn't suitable. Looking at my family file, I see I have used the one you mention for a NSW Birth Index and the corresponding one for a Queensland Death Certificate. -- 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
