On 22-Jun-19 09:39 PM, Andrew Robbie wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to standardize on some more <solid> source references, and
am trying my best to use SourceWriter to it's limits. But I am
struggling to understand, or find the info on, what detailed
information each path through the create master source wizard process
creates different detailed info form when referencing that master
source.
I have to admit that I do not understand what you mean.
Have you checked out any of Geoff's webinars? - especially Sources and
Citations Made Simple, Standard and Powerful.
Is there any
tutorial or help that will give me this information? E.g. see
below.
Looking at your image (and I should point out that you should NOT post
images to LUG), you do not appear to have added any information to the
Master Source, other than a Title. Any facts which are going to be
consistent every time you cite that Source should be included in the
Master Source.
Also, related to sources, I was wondering if others struggle with
source formats too, and we could create a library of well used source
templates with all the correct fields already set up for others to
simply import? For example, the one I am struggling with right now is
Scotland Old Parish Records for Marriages - when I go down the path
of Church Records, Online Images, etc. I get this detailed info
entry form (called Source Detail), which is not really up to snuff.
Where do I put the OPR reference info for the parish, for example ?
All I see is Title, and Item of Interest for a Marriage source?
Which Master Source did you select to use for the OPRs?
You could put the Parish reference into the Item of Interest field,
could you not?
It's important to remember that with Source Writer you do not HAVE to
fill in every field if some of them don't seem relevant in a particular
interest, and you don't always have to use a field for exactly what it's
Field Name implies. As you are building a Source, both at Master Source
and Source Detail stage an Output Preview appears at the right-hand side
of the screen so you can see if what you are entering "works".
So, I’d like to be able to create a nice template for all commonly
used sources that can be exported/imported by all loyal Legacy users.
To save them experiencing the frustrations I am feeling myself…
This sounds like a nice idea, but I think it is probably impractical.
There are so many thousands of different Sources and millions of
associated Details, not to mention people's different ideas of what is
"right." What I have found helps me is to print out screen shots of the
Citations I have created where the information entered is not exactly
what the Field Names might suggest. This way, next time I come to
similar citation I know how I handled it last time and can be consistent.
--
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
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