On 14/09/2019 21:44, [email protected] wrote:
I am currently trying to convert my genealogy files from another
software base, and find that it can be rather difficult. This note
addresses one of the problems.
I have access to collections of materials relative to my research. These
fall into two broad categories:
1. An individual that I am researching has accumulated a number of
items (prayer cards for other individuals, wedding invitations,
etc.) that I would like to reference in my reports.
2. Some third party (like a historical society, genealogical society or
a professional genealogist) has accumulated materials of this sort,
and I have access to those materials. For example, there may be a
clipping file that does not identify the original newspaper from
which the clippings come.
If I had access to the template mechanism in Legacy, I could image that
I could create an appropriate “Private Papers” source type, and get the
right thing. I have tried to figure out some way to bend one of the
standard forms to deal with type 1 collections, which are more pressing
at this point. I thought briefly that I could say that the collection
was actually a “Letter,” but that doesn’t work because the mechanism
doesn’t seem to handle detail references correctly.
I'm not sure what you mean by "if I had acces to the template mechanism
in Legacy ...". I use the SourceWriter and for the sort of things you
mention I use the Artefact template. I have used it for Godparent
cards, Funeral Order of Service, Eulogies, Invitations, Scrapbooks and
for some newspaper clippings where the name of the paper, date etc is
unknown.
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Jenny M Benson - http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
Wrexham, UK
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