Jane Linkswiler <mailto:[email protected]>
Friday, 28 July 2017 4:14 AM
Oh! I was going to say that's no so on v8 but then in looking further, I see
that the button with the 3 horizontal lines is on the Individual Information
screen. I pretty much use the individual's Sources screen where there is no
button with the 3 horizontal lines.
Jane in Phoenix
-----Original Message-----
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Brian Kelly
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 1:01 PM
To: Legacy User Group<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a Source
There are two buttons with horizontal bars, one has a single bar and that one
will only assign the clipboard source to the currently selected field. the one
with three bars is below that single bar button, it will assign the clipboard
source to all date, including any entered events.
The button with the solid square will assign the clipboard source to the
"unspecified" field. This is a general assignment to the person not a specific
piece of data.
Are you sure you are clicking on the button with three bars when you only get
the source assigned to a single piece of data?
Brian Kelly
On 27-Jul-17 10:41 AM, Dennis Birke wrote:
Leon, regarding your first option, you say that “1 click on triple bar on left
side of data entry screen assigns the clipboard source to all the fields for
that person.”
When I try this, the clipboard source is copied into only one field – the field
where the arrow is then located. I understood you to be saying that if I
proceeded in the manner you suggested, the clipboard source would be copied
into every field where data had been entered for that person. Is that correct?
If so, what do you think I’m doing wrong?
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Leon Chapman
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:03 AM
To: Legacy User Group<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a Source
You MUST cite each piece of data for every person.
You can do the sourcing in a few different ways.
1. Source each person and their data as you enter them using 1 master source&
clipboard - this is what I would do. This is pretty easy - create the master
source and copy it to the clipboard. Enter each person’s data and 1 click on
triple bar on left side of data entry screen assigns the clipboard source to all
the fields for that person. So, basically, it is 1 more click on data entry to
assign the source to that persons data.
2. Create a blank Legacy database and enter all the new people and then create
1 master source
A. Then, source everyone and all their data using advanced sourcing.
B. Import these people into your main database (Note: you will need one
common person in both databases to aid with the import/merging of people.
3. You can enter all the new people without any sourcing
A. Create 1 master source for these people
B. Tag all Descendants from the oldest person (sister) that gave you the
information (Tag all of the new people with Tag 1)
C. Use Advanced Sourcing (From Tools) and assign the new source to
everyone with a Tag 1 and all their data fields.
Any of these options work, but Options 2 and 3 require a little more knowledge
of importing / merging / Tagging / Sourcing. If you have less that about 15-20
people, I would use option 1. When you more than 20 people, then option 2 or 3
will be much easier to accomplish the sourcing of everyone’s information.
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
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Dennis Birke <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, 27 July 2017 10:41 PM
Leon, regarding your first option, you say that “1 click on triple bar
on left side of data entry screen assigns the clipboard source to all
the fields for that person.”
When I try this, the clipboard source is copied into only one field –
the field where the arrow is then located. I understood you to be
saying that if I proceeded in the manner you suggested, the clipboard
source would be copied into every field where data had been entered
for that person. Is that correct? If so, what do you think I’m doing
wrong?
*From:* LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Leon
Chapman
*Sent:* Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:03 AM
*To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a Source
You MUST cite each piece of data for every person.
You can do the sourcing in a few different ways.
1. Source each person and their data as you enter them using 1 master
source & clipboard - this is what I would do. This is pretty easy -
create the master source and copy it to the clipboard. Enter each
person’s data and 1 click on triple bar on left side of data entry
screen assigns the clipboard source to all the fields for that person.
So, basically, it is 1 more click on data entry to assign the source
to that persons data.
2. Create a blank Legacy database and enter all the new people and
then create 1 master source
A. Then, source everyone and all their data using advanced sourcing.
B. Import these people into your main database (Note: you will
need one common person in both databases to aid with the
import/merging of people.
3. You can enter all the new people without any sourcing
A. Create 1 master source for these people
B. Tag all Descendants from the oldest person (sister) that gave
you the information (Tag all of the new people with Tag 1)
C. Use Advanced Sourcing (From Tools) and assign the new source to
everyone with a Tag 1 and all their data fields.
Any of these options work, but Options 2 and 3 require a little more
knowledge of importing / merging / Tagging / Sourcing. If you have
less that about 15-20 people, I would use option 1. When you more
than 20 people, then option 2 or 3 will be much easier to accomplish
the sourcing of everyone’s information.
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Leon Chapman <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, 27 July 2017 12:02 AM
You MUST cite each piece of data for every person.
You can do the sourcing in a few different ways.
1. Source each person and their data as you enter them using 1 master
source & clipboard - this is what I would do. This is pretty easy -
create the master source and copy it to the clipboard. Enter each
person’s data and 1 click on triple bar on left side of data entry
screen assigns the clipboard source to all the fields for that person.
So, basically, it is 1 more click on data entry to assign the source
to that persons data.
2. Create a blank Legacy database and enter all the new people and
then create 1 master source
A. Then, source everyone and all their data using advanced sourcing.
B. Import these people into your main database (Note: you will
need one common person in both databases to aid with the
import/merging of people.
3. You can enter all the new people without any sourcing
A. Create 1 master source for these people
B. Tag all Descendants from the oldest person (sister) that gave
you the information (Tag all of the new people with Tag 1)
C. Use Advanced Sourcing (From Tools) and assign the new source to
everyone with a Tag 1 and all their data fields.
Any of these options work, but Options 2 and 3 require a little more
knowledge of importing / merging / Tagging / Sourcing. If you have
less that about 15-20 people, I would use option 1. When you more
than 20 people, then option 2 or 3 will be much easier to accomplish
the sourcing of everyone’s information.
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Dennis Birke <mailto:[email protected]>
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 10:36 PM
I’ve been using Legacy for several years, but I’m only beginning to
cite sources. So, I’m still trying to figure out the best way to
handle citations. Here is the situation I’m currently grappling with:
Until recently, my family database did not include information about
the descendants of one of my great-grandfather’s sisters. I recently
connected with the daughter of the sister and she has provided me with
fairly complete information about all of the sister’s descendants –
about 40 people when you include spouses. (You can imagine my delight
in getting this treasure trove of information in one fell swoop!)
Since this information was fairly hard to come by, I’d like to cite
the source (i.e., personal correspondence from the daughter). But, it
feels like “overkill” to generate a citation to this source for each
of four or five fields of data for each of about 40 people. That’s a
lot of repetitive work (even when using the clipboard) and that will
generate a lot of duplicate footnotes in a descendants report (which
is the type of report I most frequently generate). So, I have been
considering preparing one citation (probably connected with the
sister) saying something like: “Unless otherwise noted, all cited
information regarding [Sister X} and her descendants was obtained from
[Name of daughter] by letter dated ____.”
The problem I see with this approach is that for certain kinds of
reports, the single citation tied to the sister may not be included in
the report and there will be nothing cited for a the many descendants.
How would those of you familiar with citation practices handle this
situation?
Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
