What problem Pat? A massive Master Source list is far more of a problem unless you never reuse a Master Source - but if you don't reuse your Master Sources then you can't use the very useful Show List feature.
I make Master Sources with the use of Show List in mind. For example, with Church Registers - these are often found online as part of a collection. However I don't use the collection as the Master Source when the images are available, I use the church. (I'm not an extreme lumper ;-) ) If I were an extreme splitter, I guess I'd use a Master Source for each different Register but I want to easily bring up a list of those associated with a particular church. I just have to Show List on my Master Source. I've done some more searching on Source-Citation by the way and it is finding things in different parts of the Source Details. Cathy Pat Hickin wrote: > This problem with details is one of the reasons I'm an extreme "splitter." > > > Pat > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Yes 2 does work - and you don't work blind unless you click > Replace all. > You can see exactly what was there and how it will look when the > replacement is done and you have the opportunity to Skip if it's found > > another similar citation which is OK. > Yes 3 works as well though I didn't test it extensively for > something in > every field. > I rarely post without checking. I also try to check that I'm using the > > language the program uses but sometimes I slip up. > It sounds as if you asked it to look in the Master Source and then > looked for text that was in the Source Detail which is a completely > different source? > > Cathy > > > > magnoliasouth <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Friday, 23 May 2014 12:03 AM > > Cathy, you are a beacon of information, always. Many thanks! Still, > > there are some problems though. > > > > #1 Excellent! That is a relief. That takes care of the primary > part of my question. > > > > #2 I assume that this works, but I didn't try it. Still, I don't > much > > like that because I want to first see what I am replacing... just in > > case. The last time I tried this I had Match Case/Exact selected and > > it didn't. I figured out that it wasn't recognizing spaces which > made > > a mess of things. I don't remember when this happened, but I haven't > > used it since. > > > > #3 This definitely does not work for me. It finds nothing and I even > > copy/pasted the text itself. Out of curiosity, did you try it? > Does it > > check all fields/tabs in Source Detail? I got the impression > it's only > > checking master sources, but I didn't test it that far. > > > > > magnoliasouth <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Thursday, 22 May 2014 7:09 AM > > > > Yet if the multiples are all the same, how is that difficult? Isn't > > that the same as the way a Master Source is used? You have the same > > record with multiple citations with a Master too. > > > > Think of it like an ability to have sub-sources or secondary > sources. > > There are the occasional singular source details where you only use > > them once, but there are many that are used several times. In my case, > > it was a copy of a Bible record that came in a packet of other > source > > papers by a cousin. The said Bible record is all on one page and > lists > > names with marriages, but nothing else. So the source detail isn't > > unique, everyone listed on that page will have the same source > detail. > > > > The sad part is, doing a search for text doesn't work either. If I > > have written "Marriage only; not date nor place" there is no way to > > search for all records that have that written in the source detail. > > Nor is there a way to Search using a Master Source that has the > source > > detail text either. > > > > There should be a way, don't you think? > > > > Cindy 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

