Jenny, I have been using Legacy since v 1 or 2. I eagerly adopted the Sourcewriter because before that I had been doing a rather sketchy job of sourcing my material. Obviously, I have been using the Sourcewriter without learning about it!! I did not even know there was an Artefact source!! I think of all the pictures I've attached where I could have sourced them. Shame on me. While I'm at it, thanks for all you do to help us. I never miss reading these posts and learning from them.
Jane in Phoenix -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2019 2:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Collections of private papers 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. -- Jenny M Benson - http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/ Wrexham, UK -- 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]/ -- 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]/
