Reports need to be checked *during* data entry to make sure you like the result of event wording, spacing and sources. One GEDCOM came to me with up to a dozen repeats of non-standard lengthy citation text for every family member's birth, marriage or death date. It took weeks to move one copy of each interesting citation to marriage notes to be kept in the GEDCOM import and included in a Legacy book report.
Charts are also useful to make sure that data has been entered accurately for closely related individuals. I like to view non-Legacy wall charts with multiple sources for events that have conflicting dates or locations.
"Too many repeated sources" are often left out of Legacy reports, worse than having no sources at all if a future researcher does not inherit a complex database used to print the report. If you were buying a family history published by someone else, would you want to pay for 100 pages of notes and 100 or more pages of repeated endnotes?
An image of a source is much more valuable than a text-only source cited time after time. Looking at the same online census page, I've often guessed different spelling each time difficult handwriting was viewed. -- Elizabeth
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy"
It might be helpful also to newcomers to hear of ways that have caused
problems so we can avoid them. The truth is I never did use reports -- I
didn't get that far and really didn't think of how sourcing could be helpful
to me in the work. I only thought of it as pointing others who want to check
the sources of my findings. I'm sure I have yet to discover the situations
where I will need to look up sources.
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