Thank you all for responding to this topic. They have been informative and helpful.
www.robinsprague.com/genealogy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C.G. Ouimet Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 5:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing to Evidence! by Mills It may be true that to many of us, the (Legacy) database is it but it is also the tool we use to generate/publish reports in a form that is information to those interested in the data/information but not the tool. So, the various reports, including the Publishing Center if we can get it working properly, are important. At 2005-11-17 06:22 PM, you wrote: >Well said, John. I agree with you on all points. > >On 11/16/05, John R. Bayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gail wrote: > > > > > In citing my sources, I would like to be able to include the web > > > site address as part of the "master source" in Legacy, and to > > > include the accessed date as part of the "citation detail." With > > > Legacy, I cannot do this and have it formatted as Mills' example > > > above (combined within the parentheses). > > > > > > I recently brought this up on the APG list and Ms. Mills > herself responded > > > to my post: "Sounds like you need to lobby your software > developer to give > > > you more flexibility!" > > > > I completely agree that E. S. Mills is The Authority on citing sources. > > I have her book and it is an impressive little thing. It is also > > IMO a bit "over the top". She has all these different formats for > > all > these different > > sources and it just seems to me to be a bit TOO involved. Now > > Legacy may not have the flexibility of TMG, but then folks complain > > about TMG being ugly, hard to learn and slow. Maybe there's a trade > > off here, and if you throw all the flexibility of TMG into Legacy 7, > > you wind up with an Ugly and/or Slower Legacy? Maybe it takes so > > much developer time that other things don't get in? I'd much rather > > see Legacy 7 make descendant charts than see it handle sources in reports better. > > > > Also at a certain level the need for this escapes me. I agree it > > may be desireable, but the data are captured by the Legacy Database > > aren't they? It's just a matter of how it's formatted on output, Footnote vs. > > Endnote and what fields go into the footnote. Why not just stick > > the info you want into the comments field and check the box that > > says include comments in source citation? Yup it's tedious, but it > > can be done can't it? > > > > Besides it seems to me that perhaps Pro Genealogists are a bit > > behind the technology curve here? They like reports cuz that's what > > they deal with because that's what's been done in the past. > > But if the data's all in a database, then just get the database and > > who needs the report? > > jr > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com > > / > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp C.G. Ouimet Kingston, Ontario Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
