On 27/03/2014 17:24, Kathy Meyer wrote: > I have a document that is 33 pages long and details at least 20-30 > individuals. > > I will copy/paste the details of each page into my sourcing for the > individuals mentioned on each individual page the same way I do with a > census when it is showing multiple individuals. > > I feel like I should be saving the entire document somewhere as well. > The original document gives a list of what is on each page and gives > some background about the archive and even some images of churches in > the areas of research and a map. I wouldn't want to add these > individually to every single individual that I am adding into my file. > That seems excessive, although it would be nice to be able to access > these general items without having to remember which individual that > file is attached to. I hope that makes sense. > > I wish there was some 'general' area in Legacy that would allow us to > add this type of document and maybe tag the family 'line' that would be > involved. > > Reasoning is that I don't want to inflate my individual files > unnecessarily but also, if I add to that tree later, I won't remember > that I have a really nice image of the church in the area that the > person was born or that I have a map of that area. And those things > would only be attached to the people I'm inputting now. > > Does anyone have a work around for this? Or a suggestion about how you > would handle these type of more 'general' documents?
You could make the complete document a Master Source and attach the file, then copy and paste the relevant passages to the Source Text field in the Source Details whenever you cite this Source. -- 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
