Jenny and Cathy: Thanks! I had never thought of using "Births; Deaths; and Marriages" as the title of the article.
I like it! Rob On 11 June 2015 at 23:01, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jenny, > > I also would like to be able to put the website data into the Master > Source. > If the article has a specific URL, I just add that in the Source Detail. I > think I started by adding Trove etc but gave up as the source could be > found without it. > > "CRAIG'S REAPING-MACHINE," Adelaide Observer, 20 Feb 1858, p. 7; digital > images (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158120224 : accessed 11 Feb > 2015). > This is the Trove collection at the National Library of Australia. > > It's a while since I've search British Newspapers and it looks like they > may not have the specific URL or did I miss it? > > "Deaths," Sherborne Mercury, 5 Nov 1842, p. 3; digital images, The British > Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk : accessed 29 Jun > 2012). > > Cathy > > Jenny M Benson wrote: > > > On 11/06/2015 21:50, Rob Miller wrote: > > > I'm diving in and updating some of my old "basic sources" to "Source > Writer" sources. > > Besides the update, it is giving me a chance to do a better job with > them. However, it made me realize I'm still not sure about newspaper > notices. > > For a simple birth notice > > WILKES - On Aug 7, at the > Victoria Union Hospital, to Mr. > and Mrs. William Wilkes, 119 > Queen street west, a son John. > > When you source it, do you leave it simple? > > "WILKES," The Prince Albert Daily Herald, 7 Aug 1926, p. 6, col. 4. > > Do you pull the first name from the announcement to make it easier for > someone to find? > > "WILKS, [John]" The Prince Albert Daily Herald, 7 Aug 1926, p. 6, col. 4. > > Do you add “birth announcement†to make the source clearer? > > "WILKES, [birth announcement]" The Prince Albert Daily Herald, 7 Aug > 1926, p. 6, col. 4. > > Or do you use some combination of the above? > > Do you follow the same format with death and marriage notices? > > Before I get too far ahead of myself, I thought I would double check. > > > The Source Template I use most often is Newspapers>Online images (issued > by unrelated content provider. > > For the sort of notice you mention I do no enter anything in the Author > fields and I put the column heading (which is usually "Births" or > "Deaths" or "Marriages") in the Article field and the other Citation > fields as expected. > > This gives me a Citation something like: ""Died," The Morning Post, 03 > May 1824, p. 4, col. 6; digital images, FindMyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk > : accessed 2 October 2012), The British Newspaper Archive." > > The exact text of the notice I copy into the Citation Text field. > > (Incidentally, what I really don't like about this template is having to > enter all the details of the w ebsite into every Source Citation, rather > than have it appear in the Master Source, but that's another topic.) > > > > 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 > -- *([email protected] <[email protected]>)* 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
