Thanks, Michele. I try to get copies of original deeds for all direct ancestors; if I am documenting their siblings, and we're tlaking about dozens or hundreds of deeds, I may not. It's just not practical.
So ... I realize the book is the source when you're dealing with asbtracts, and what I meant to say was, would you always use a different cite for each event? If you have 20 events, all for land on the same creek in the same county, for the same ancestor, would you consider creating a single event called "James Langston had land on the south side of Tar River in Granville County, North Carolina," with one source (the same book of abstracts) and the text of the abstracts listed in the Text/Comments section? Otherwise, you're going to get 20 identical events (except for the date) which say "he had land on the south side of Tar River in Granville County, North Carolina." What are the circumstances where you would use land as an event -- when it's not a deed, or grant, or other known record? Barton On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 08:45 AM, Michele/Support wrote: > Barton, > If you are using a book of abstracts then the BOOK is your source, not > the deeds. In this case you WOULD only have one source for all of the > deeds. You never cite an index or an abstract as you would the > original. If you have a copy of the deed in your hot little hands > then the deed is your source. If you are looking at a book at deed > abstracts then the derivative book is your source. > > I prefer to use the actual deeds, not abstracts. Indexes and > abstracts tend to be riddled with errors. Indexes and abstracts will > give you the information you need to find the original. > > > Michele > Technical Support > [email protected] > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > From: Barton Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 11:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] one source entry - many entries > > Michele, you said “Each deed will be in different books on different > page numbers. It would be pretty messy to try and record a single > citation for 20 different deeds.” > > What if there are 20 deeds abstracted in the same work for the same > ancestor? The only thing that will differ is the page number in the > source citation and maybe the deed books – 10 of them may be in Deed > Book A and the other 10 in Deed Book B. That said, I do see your > point about “one event – one source.” > > My problem is that I find it rather monotonous to list events thusly: > > James was listed on a deed on 20 Dec 1760 in Granville Co., NC. > He was listed on a deed on 30 Jan 1761 in Granville Co., NC. > James was listed on a deed on 3 Feb 1761 in Granville Co., NC. > > I appreciate that Legacy defines events based on individual specific > records for an individual. That said, in the Register Reports I > generated when using PAF I entered the deed abstracts or court records > or other sources into a “Notes” section which fell after the > individual’s primary family data (the record of his/her marriage and > children). I’m not sure whether I’d prefer that level of detail > within the report or in the end/footnote, with the event giving a > summation only. > > Barton > > > > > > From: Michele/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 8:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] one source entry - many entries > > Barton, > You can create events for your land records. There is a generic land > record event but I prefer to make mine a little more specific (things > like Georgia Headright, Bounty Land Warrant, etc.) > > Totally up to you the way you handle deeds but I prefer to record each > deed separately with separate citations. Each deed will be in > different books on different page numbers. I would be pretty messy to > try and record a single citation for 20 different deeds. > > Michele > Technical Support > [email protected] > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > From: Barton Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 1:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] one source entry - many entries > > I have 2 questions about sources: first, where do I enter land > records? I looked (also on Help) and did not see an obvious answer. > On the Individual’s Information page, for example, I guess I could > click inside the surname field and add it there but I’m not sure > that’s right. PAF had fields for Military, Land etc. Does Legacy not > have those? > > Also, some ancestors have dozens of records in a single county – e.g. > in published abstracts of deeds. I don’t really want to create a > separate source entry for each one – I thought I would handle it > thusly: create a single source, leave the page field blank, and paste > the text into the Text/Comments field with the page number in square > brackets for each record. 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