Barton, If I were to use an abstract book I have to admit I would be tempted to make a single event and then list all of the abstracts in the notes in chronological order. In the source for that event I would cite the book and then for the page numbers I would put something like this,
14, 55, 67, 88, 110-111, 154 A deed only records real/personal property transactions, it doesn't necessarily have to be land. Deeds of slaves are very common. There are many different types of land documents. You can have land grants, land patents, and land warrants at the Colonial, federal and state levels (only talking about US land records). Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com -----Original Message----- From: BARTON LEWIS [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:26 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] one source entry - many entries 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 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
