Hi Martha, I actually do that also. I use the SourceWriter for creating the source, but I don't enter the transcript/abstract in the source details. Once the source is entered, I can copy & paste the source to the bottom of the transcript/abstract. I put the transcript in the event notes space so I can customize it for each person with comments below the source. If the data applies to more than one person I can cut & paste the information and change just the comments.
The automatic SourceWriter sources are good for the narrative book reports. The superscript numbers are less obtrusive and don't interrupt the flow of the narrative reports. These are reports that I run for family members who are interested in the person's story, but are not interested in the details. I include sources at the end of each person's narrative report because I just cannot leave sources out. For the Individual/Family Group Record reports, I do not want to have to flip from the event page to the end of the report to find out which source belongs to which event. Having the source listed with each event transcript/abstract makes it immediately clear where it came from. I wrestled with the 2 very different audiences that my reports go to and ended up with 2 methods of sourcing. Sample of event notes: Birth: 1902 Place: MA, USA 22 Cottage Street; dwelling no 256; family no 278; ... [deleted for brevity] ... Sarah R. Rix; daughter; female; white; 18 yrs old; single; not in school; can read & write; born MA; father born Canada speaks English; mother born MA; bookkeeper in shoe factory; wage earner; ... [deleted for brevity] ----- source ----- 1920 U.S. census, Norfolk, Massachusetts, population schedule, Weymouth, enumeration district (ED) 278, sheet 12A, p. 187, dwelling 256, family 278, Sarah R. Rix; digital images, Heritage Quest Online; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 724. Repository: Heritage Quest Online, 789 E Eisenhower Parkway, PO Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346, USA. ----- notes----- birthdate calculated from 1920 census minus 18 years old = 1902 It's always interesting to see how others do thing. Thanks, - Evelyn On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Martha Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > Evelyn & Shirley, > Thank you for the ideas on Events, etc > Long ago [almost 20 years] when I began using Genealogical software, > I included the source of an abstracted or transcribed document at the > bottom of the abstract or transcript. > When Legacy came along with it's 'Source Writer', I tried it and found > that the process was so blasted tedious, I went back to my original idea of > having the source as part of the transcript. > > I know that this will cause shudders of horror, but believe me, it saves > oodles of time with data input and accomplishes the goal of having the > source bound to the event in a way that works with no hitches. It prints > out just fine, is where it belongs in the grand scheme of things and does > not get forgotten. In fact, I copy and paste the source to the bottom of > the page before ever abstracting or transcribing. If I am entering the > event directly in to Legacy as a copy and paste, it still goes in the notes > section first, then the info slots are filled, then the abstracted data is > entered in the notes section. Save and if it is a shared event, then do the > share. > > In the scenario I described earlier, putting info and sources from both a > DC and a Vital Record in the same event would not work because of the > different dates. But having two events connected to a death could be > accomplished by creating another Event Definition: Cause of Death. Because > the two events are close together in time - not more than a few days at > most, they would still fall into chronological order. > > Thanks for your help. > > Martha > > > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- Evelyn Wilhelmson [email protected] 509-998-6743
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