Barton, I can't answer your specifics as I'm not familiar with this record source.
However, two principles: 1) enter enough so someone can find what you're looking at. 2) as a general rule don't put Source details into the Master source especially if you're likely to find someone else in this source. Using Master Sources doesn't make it any harder to find the particular details - you've attached the Source to everyone where the details are relevant. Making everything a Master Source and not using source details, on the other hand makes it much harder to be consistent AND harder to find everyone for whom you've used the these Deed Books as you have to highlight all the relevant "Master Sources" before using Show List. Cathy Barton Lewis wrote: > > I’m just starting to enter deeds, and selected the first Master > Template (Deed Books > Basic format) since I have the deed sent to me > by the county registrar. My question is this: I know EE talks about > the “series†in which a specific record falls; but how useful or even > relevant is this information? When we order a deed from the > courthouse, we aren’t usually told what “record group†or “series†> it’s in; “Henderson County, North Carolina Deed Book 1, p. 81†as > about as good as it gets. So when we leave the field “Series†blank in > our master source, we get “Henderson, North Carolina, 1: 81, heirs of > Reuben Fletcher to Charles Greer, 20 Dec 1834; Register of Deeds, > Henderson County, Hendersonville.†The words “deed book†do not appear > and even though one might assume that’s where the record is found, I > think the book type should be named. So I entered “Deed Books†into > the series field, and got the above with “Deed Books†now appearing > between North Carolina and 1: 81. Does this seem right? > > Does anyone use a single Master Source for multiple deeds in one book, > for example, and if so, is that a preference simply because it means > not as many steps as entering each individual deed as a Master Source > and does it make it harder to find the reference to a particular deed > in your sources or not really? > > Thanks, > > Barton 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
