Scan envelope and contents and set up source. Bill Sent from my iPad
> On May 5, 2014, at 6:17 PM, "C.G. Ouimet" <[email protected]> wrote: > > How would you source it if it came in an envelope via your postal service? > > > C.G. Ouimet > Kingston ON > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Howard [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: May 05, 2014 06:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to source an e-mail attachment? > > This is how I see it, which is different to the other replies I've seen so > far... > > In my database, I would use the email that the file is attached to as the > source. After all, that is how it came to you. If there are several files > attached to the email, they would all be captured in this one source > citation; assuming multiple attachments to the email, I would mention which > particular attached file an item of data came from in the Source Detail. > > Any time you're looking at the data extracted (ie recorded in your Legacy > database) and want to go back to the 'original' to check on something, that > email in your mail box is the original for you. You may have saved the > file(s) to your hard drive as well, but many formats (.doc, .exe, .txt, etc) > are editable and you may unwittingly pick up changes and errors in those > saved files along the way. The copy attached to your email will be unchanged > and can be downloaded again if required. > > I don't delete emails, by the way. At Gmail I keep everything ever sent to > me, except spam which gets checked and then deleted regularly - I've been > using this account since about 2005, and the 178,000+ emails stored at the > moment are taking up 61% of the 15GB of storage currently allocated to me - > which has grown over time from the original 1GB or thereabouts (my memory is > getting hazy on the details!). I am in no danger of running out of space > there. Any email in that mail box is easily located if I need to find it > again. > > Hope this gives you some food for thought. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > > Arnold Sprague said the following on 6/05/2014 00:17: >> I have a long attachment to an e-mail. The most helpful attachment is >> 50 pages long. >> Using SourceWriter, I do not see a good option to choose from. >> Kinda close, but not kewpie doll worthy are: >> >> E-Mail >> Family Group Sheet >> GEDCOM File >> >> The option of Person Knowledge does not apply. >> Any ideas and thank you, >> Arnold > > > > 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 > > 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
