To some extent, this depends on your purpose. Part of my objective is to make source documents, such as wills and probate packets and headstones, available to others.
To me, then, making both the scan and the transcript available **for others** makes sense. The transcript provides searchable text. That text allows other researchers to find ME via google. The scanned copy allows those researchers to see precisely what I have and where I obtained it, thus allowing them to evaluate that source themselves almost as if they had it in their own hands. In my case, I have the luxury of putting up the source document (scan and/or transcript) in its own section on my web server. I can then point to it from the Notes of the relevant person(s). Likewise with the probate packets running to dozens of pages. If my primary objective were to produce a printed-on-paper book to hand out to people, I'd have to take a different approach. The second issue is one of sheer volume. My ggg-grandfather's notes print to four pages. It's the same issue... somebody else typed up some deed records and a transcript of the will. It's important material - but I don't want to wade through it every time. I need to boil it down to a summary, and point to a separate page for the source material. You might keep that source in your file drawer, entering some of the detail text into Legacy; in my case I'll move that source material to a separate web page, and keep that web page address in Legacy. I'll also directly link to it in my condensed ggg-grandfather's notes. This was a great question. Please pardon my long reply... I'm considering the same issue myself, and thinking out loud here. To remain on topic: The issue is how to best handle large (multi-page) items in Legacy. I think the answer depends on your purpose(s), but I'd love to hear from others :) Ed Barnard, Researching GRINNELL, BARNARD, DIERLAM, LAWRENCE Grand Ledge MI, Seadrift TX On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 01:08, Steve Hayes wrote: > On 13 Jan 2006 at 0:24, Robert Carneal wrote: > > > I have a stack of wills I'd like to enter into Legacy in some orderly > > fashion. How are some of you doing it? Are you just typing the entire will > > into Research notes, or typing the entire thing into an event for Will? I > > have > > a copy of a five page handwritten will I would like to associate with my > > GG-grandfather, but unsure of the best way to do it. Scan them and put them > > with him as I would a picture? That seems the easiest method. Scan them, and > > type them *both* so others can see if my own interpretation of the will > > corresponds with theirs? Doing both seems like unnecessary work and time > > wasted. Thank you. Robert > > I put them in the Event for a will, and put the text of the will into the > "Detail text" of the source. > > There is not much point in scanning them, as in most cases the wills you have > are office copies, and not the original signed by the testator. If yopu do > have an original will, especially a holograph one, it might be worth > scanning. Legacy User Group 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
