On 18 Dec 2015 at 22:23, BARTON LEWIS wrote: > Thanks, Steve. A couple of questions. I have my own naming convention for > my sources on my hard drive. Why would I need to supplement that with a file > id? Does it have anything to do with maintaining a master source list? I > don't do that. I know EE recommends it. I figure if I have my data > supported by sources, and I have them properly cited, then I have done the > work.
I don't think you have to. The File ID is a convenience for those whose system requires it. I use it only for a reference to *paper* documents, not things on my hard disk. > I generated the file id report. First it listed Source Citations. > Since I was entering the Find A Grave Memorial # in the file id field, my > report is a bit of a mess. It doesn't reflect what the report is supposed to > look like. I ask again - purely innocently and because I don't know the > answer - what is the purpose of this report? Is it to generate a kind of > source list? I am trying to imagine when that would be useful -- to see > exactly what people have been assigned a particular source? Any other > reason? Until I read what you wrote above, I had never tried to generate a File ID report. I tried it and also did not know what it was for. But where I use the File Id is when I print a family group sheet or other report, with sources, then I see the File ID and know exactly which document to go to to see the source of that information. If it is Document 2385, then I go to where I have filed that document (between 2384 and 2386). The actual "document" on file may be a birth certificate, a family tree sent by someone else, a letter, a printout of an e-mail message, notes I made from a book or archival records (I would, of course, include full bibliographical information on the book), or any other kind of paper information. If the File Id doesn't fit your system of record keeping, there's no need to use it. But it fits my system, so I use it. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: [email protected] Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525 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
