Re: [LegacyUG] Citing genealogy books

2011-06-18 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 18/06/2011 15:42, Linda Swift wrote: Just started to put in sources for my data. Certificates, military records, and census are pretty straight forward. But I have used Family Genealogy books (example-Five Generations of Smiths) for base information ( birth, death, etc) and use this

RE: [LegacyUG] Citing genealogy books

2011-06-18 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Linda: I would definitely list the book as a Master Source. Then using the Source Clipboard you enter specific details about an individual, and those can be grouped together. I favor including the exact text in the citation because you will often find errors or differences between sources.

RE: [LegacyUG] Citing Genealogy Books

2011-06-18 Thread Kirsten Bowman
: [LegacyUG] Citing Genealogy Books Linda The timing of your question was perfect and Jenny and Kirsten's responses were very helpful, I feel. I have a large decendancy chart with a multitude of people. Some of them have lots of information and others have a name and that is it. From what you