With the stipulations that I use the Basic Source format -- the newspaper is your source: /The Daily Blot/, Jackson Neb, vol xxviii issue of 12 Never 2525, pg 15 col 3c; _detail_ then becomes Obit of...
If there's one item in the /Blot/ about your family, there are probably others. No point in getting your source list too big to pick from. Others will disagree. Cheryl Tom Momeyer wrote: > Thanks Michele, for your explanation below. In addition to your comments, it > may be helpful to save notes where the "published material" was viewed for > later review or re-use. So, as new to Legacy, anyone feel free to correct > any following mistakes, and I'll learn more about Legacy. For a repository > location (where no record is required for published material) It looks like > you can save notes for the location of the viewed material where the notes > are not printed in reports, etc. > > So, going out on a limb, anyone please correct as needed... Options when > adding the obit: > > (1) Add the obit as a master source and in the Master Source Definition, > Text/Comments tab, in the (lower large box for user input) "Comments about > this master source" box, type in the notes for the viewed location. > > Or > > (2) Add the newspaper as a master source (is this possible?) and in the > Source Detail, Text/Comments tab, in the (lower large box for user input) > "Enter any comments about this citation" box, type in the notes for the > viewed location. > > Also (for both options above), check or uncheck the boxes below the typed > notes indicating whether to include in reports (or not). So, if later on, > you or someone else asks and you want to review the item again, you have > "notes" recorded regarding where you viewed the material. > > Also (for both options above), there is an option to add a file ID# for a > saved copy (digital or printed) of the obit. > > Tom M > (TMG user, evaluating other software for eventual transition) > > On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Michele/Support wrote: > >> According to Evidence Explained (section 2.19, Citing Repositories), >> if you are looking at a source (of published material) that is >> available at multiple repositories you do not need to include the name >> of the repository in the citation. If this newspaper was on microfilm >> it should also be available (at the very least) at the Arkansas State >> Archives and at least one of the state universities. If you were >> looking at the actual newspaper, it would, most likely, still be >> available on microfilm. The reason I specified "published material" >> (such as a newspaper) then this rule holds true. If you were talking >> about something like a unique manuscript that is only in one place you >> would have to cite the repository. >> >> Michele >> Technical Support >> [email protected] >> www.legacyfamilytree.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: BARTON LEWIS [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2014 10:19 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Source question - obits >> >> I posted a query about obituaries on Tuesday night but it never >> posted. I don't know why not, but here goes again: >> >> I was entering an obituary as a source, and using the Source Writer. >> The obit was at a local library in Arkansas. I selected "Newspapers - >> print editions - (microfilm or original)." As I went through the >> fields for both source and detail, I did not see a field where I could >> enter in the repository - the name of the public library where the >> obituary was held. Should that not be an included piece of >> information? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Barton 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
