I don't have much more to add to this but just wanted to add my 2¢ worth. Source Writer is the best of its kind, no kidding. It is superior in every way to any other bibliographic database I've come across. You can also use Clooz in conjunction with Legacy, which will further organize them in other ways.
The source writer is based on genealogical standards and uses Citations Explained for formatting, which is an expensive book to obtain but if you have a lot of research, I highly recommend. It is truly amazing and I recommend the webinar as well. You will be surprised at how well it documents, pretty much everything. Now if I could just export the formats myself for Word, I would LOVE it! Any suggestions from other readers on how to do this? Since I'm already here. Maybe a new thread is needed. You see, I did watch the webinar and as I improved my skills in how to use the Source Writer I was amazed at how versatile it is. Finding the right kind of format can be difficult to document, depending on its original location (repository) with call numbers and the like. Source Writer does this for you. The source detail is also a standard and its fields write how it should be done. You can always add more information in the Notes and even format it how you wish. I suggest the Webinar first and then practice by adding sources and entering them under different templates to see the differences. I love it and can't live without it! There is just no other documentation quite like it for such a price. Heck, I'd buy the Source Writer as a separate database, just so I could plug it in to Word, as mentioned. Good luck! I think you'll find it does what you wish it to, it's just finding the right template. On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 7:32 PM Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > I agree with most of what Jenny has said. > > Here's a tip when looking for a Source Template to use for a particular > purpose. > Start from the Source Clipboard. Choose a likely Template and before > completely entering all the Master Source data, save and select it. Then > on the Source Clipboard you see the corresponding detail screen on the > source clipboard. If that looks fine then you go ahead and add your > source detail, apply the source and remember to go back and edit the > Master Source to include all the Master Source data saving it using the > option to update all existing citations using it. If the source detail > doesn't give you the detail you require, you just go back to choose > another Master Source, this time remembering to delete the one you > started and didn't like. > > RE the OPR I don't know which Source Template you decided to use. > It depends on whether you are making a Master Source for the whole OPR > or whether you are going to make a Master Source for each parish in the > OPR. For the later you use one of the Church Record templates. > I recently decided to use just one Master Source for all the OPR on > ScotlandsPeople so used the Internet - database and images template with > Database Title: Church Registers and then put the actual church and > reference in the Credit line ending up with citations like this: > ScotlandsPeople, "Church Registers," database and images, > (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 26 May 2017); birth of > James Craig; 02/02/1804 CRAIG, JAMES (Old Parish Registers Births 576/ > 10 187 Ardrossan) Page 187 of 383. > ScotlandsPeople, "Church Registers," database and images, > (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 21 May 2017); marriage > of James Craig & Janet Hunter Houstoun; 16/11/1829 CRAIG, JAMES (Old > Parish Registers Marriages 644/1 410 116 Glasgow) Page 116 of 733. > I'm simply copying the reference that Scotland's People add to the image > and put on your page of bought images when you download it and putting > that in the Credit line of the source detail. Perhaps it should be > preceded by citing. > > Cathy > > > > > Jenny M Benson <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sunday, 23 June 2019 6:03 AM > > 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. > > > > > > Andrew Robbie <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sunday, 23 June 2019 4:39 AM > > > > 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. Is there any tutorial or help that will give me this > > information? E.g. see below. > > > > 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? > > > > A screenshot of a social media post Description automatically generated > > > > 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… > > > > Anyone able to help me? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew ROBBIE > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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]/ >
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