I have followed the same basic procedure Bob has discussed below. One
helpful addition I have made is to start all the place name sources with
an @ symbol so that they do not co-mingle with surnames. I also use a
dot (.) in front of the IGI, SSDI, etc type entries to ensure that they
sort to the top of the list.
Happy hunting, Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fillerup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I use only two types of names for a Source List Name - either a
place
name or a surname. Like Dave, my place names start with a
state/province,
then county, then city, then type of record - or surname, then given
name,
then type of record. I try to duplicate the order and headings of the
LDS
Family History Library Catalog as much as possible. That way, I am
intuitively looking up sources the same way the vast majority of the
time.
Examples: Missouri, Livingston, cemetery - Vol. 1. The "Output"
screen at the bottom of the window will quickly tell me if this is the
source I want. Or Wyoming, Big Horn - 1860 US Census. Or Fillerup,
Albert - birth record. And so on. I file vital record certificates
(birth, marriage, death) under surname, given name - birth cert.(for
example), although they could just as easily be filed under a
location.
I never, never start a Source List Name with anything like:
Census, or
1860 Census, or Birth Certificate, or Photographs, or Author, or even
the
title of a book. The only exceptions are the IGI, (which I have
renamed to
A-IGI so it appears at the top of my list), the Social Security Death
Index
(likewise renamed to A-SSDI), and the Ancestral File. I have found
that
every other source fits either under a location or a surname. I try
to
remember that the Source List Name is for me to easily find the source
again, and not necessarily to describe the source - that is left to
the
other fields. And, I will often temporarily add an "A" to the front
of a
source name if I am using it a lot - that way it is at the top of the
list.
When I'm done, I just rename it back to what it was. (I know - I can
accomplish the same thing using source tags and/or the source
clipboard, but
at times its just easier to have three or four sources that I'm using
in
various combinations right at the top of the Source Name List - I just
rename them when I'm done!)
Someday, it would be nice to be able to list a source under the
Source
List Name in more than one way - i.e. fields where I can list the same
source name two or three different ways. Of course, a key-word search
option would be just as effective!
Bob
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