Well I use one census master source per census year as well. RE correspondence - I use the email template where you can group by correspondent. It doesn't make sense to me to treat something differently because it was delivered by snail mail rather than email.
If the obvious template doesn't seem sensible, I use a different one. Lumping and Splitting are terms used in most discussions of what to make a Master Source and what to make Source Detail. Cathy Steve Hayes wrote: > > On 7 Feb 2016 at 14:15, Cathy Pinner wrote: > >> >> You are just showing that you don't use SourceWriter much or at all as >> of course it doesn't make everything a Master Source. >> >> Whether you are an extreme lumper or an extreme splitter you can use the >> SourceWriter but why you'd use it as an extreme splitter is as much a >> mystery >> to me as why anyone would be an extreme splitter. >> >> Some templates may encourage moderate splitting, others moderate lumping. > > > I've no idea what counts as an extreme splitter or an extreme lumper. > > I use the SourceWriter for census records, where it lets me have, as the > master source, "1901 Census of England and Wales" as a master record, and > each household as a detail record. > > But if it forced me to have each household as a master record, and each > person in the household as a detail record, then I would stop using it for > that purpose. > > Does that make me a splitter or a lumper, extreme or moderate? > > I don't use Sourcewriter for correspondence, because it makes me enter > each > letter as a master source. I prefer to make the correspondent the master > source, and the "detail" each individual letter, entered by date. > > Does that make me a lumper or a splitter, extreme or moderate? > 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
