If you really want the specific URL to show and it doesn't seem appropriate to put it in the credit line in the Source Detail, why not use the Comment field and check it for printing?
There are templates that do include a URL in the source detail (eg newspaper templates) but not the generic online database one. Cathy Denise Moss-Fritch wrote: > > Barton, > > Very interesting! You are correct. Legacy is treating the url as a > graphic icon, not an actual Internet address. For example, if you > select to print citation detail graphics along with the > source/citation information on a family group record. Legacy does not > print the url as an actual address in the source/citation, but does > print the url icon. Nor, is that graphic icon an active link when the > report is online. > > Sorry, I am much more familiar with a different genealogy software > that does allow including or not including a citation detail url as an > Internet address in the source/citation information. Definitely not > sure I like the way Legacy handles citation detail urls. > > Denise > > *From:*Barton Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, April 18, 2015 1:59 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet > database > > Hi Denise, thanks, but here’s what’s happening: > > 1.I click on the marriage; > > 2.The “marriage/relationship information†dialog box comes up; I click > inside “Marr Date†and then click on “add or Edit source citations;†> > 3.I click on “edit detail;†> > 4.I click on “Media;†> > 5.Then click on “Add media;†> > 6.I click on “add Media†again and then on “internet website;†> > 7.I paste the url in the Website url field; then close all boxes. > > The output does not show the url. Just the url I entered of the main > website which I entered in the Source. > > Do you know why it isn’t showing? > > Thanks, > > Barton > > *From:*Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, April 18, 2015 12:16 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet > database > > Barton, > > I am a bit surprised that no one has mentioned the Media tab of a > citation. > > From the Edit the Source Detail dialog, click the Media tab. Click Add > Media. In the Media Gallery for Source Detail for [name of > Event/Fact], click Add Media. From the list, select Internet Website. > It is on the Internet Website dialog that you can add the url, along > with information that describes that url, even the date. > > I too use urls for a specific online record, whether that record is > from Ancestry, FamilySearch, the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, > or some other location online. At the moment I am waiting for the next > set of fixes to Legacy as the current version truncates (cuts short) > the thousands of urls my GEDCOM is importing. > > As for a url possibly changing in the future, our job is to record > where we found something at that time. If we found a family Bible > record in the possession of aunt Beth, that does not mean the old > Bible will remain with her forever. Even county records change (old > ledgers destroyed, building burnt down, or records lost). I have also > seen the reverse with old county history books, the copyright long out > of date, being digitized and placed online by the local library. > > Best, > > Denise > > *From:*BARTON LEWIS [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet > database > > okay, thanks Brian and Michele. > > Barton > > > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 08:36 AM, Michele/Support wrote: > > I agree. I only use the main URL for the website such as > https://familysearch.org or http://www.ancestry.com > > Michele > > Technical Support > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com> > > *From:* Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, April 18, 2015 12:27 AM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet > database > > Just one word (or paragraph) of caution about trying to supply > specific URLs to these records that are part of a larger database > collection. I have seen many such repositories occasionally change > their internal file location structure so that while the URL to > the home page which typically contains a “search the database†> utility tends to not change, the specific URLs to the records > themselves can and usually does change. In other words, you might > be better served if you only reference the URL to the repository > itself and let future researchers that want to view a specific > record within that repository then use whatever search mechanisms > are available to them at that future date. I suppose this can all > be summed in in Murphy’s 7^th Law of the Universe: two things will > change in the future, your looks and Internet URLs. > > Brian in CA 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://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
