I have several sources for obituaries. If it's a newspaper, I cite the
paper as my main source and the obituary itself in details. If it's the
funeral home website, then I cite the website as the main with the
individual in the detail (I also copy the specific page web address and
include that in
Laurie,
That's your choice.
I mostly find obituaries in newspapers so I use my Master Source for
that newspaper.
If I had other sources for obituaries I'd have a Master Source for each
obituary database.
I guess I'm a partial "lumper" when it comes to Master Sources.
A total "lumper" would
Does the category "obituaries" belong on the master source list, with the
details changing for each person for whom you have an obituary, or does the
obituary for EACH person belong on the master source list (such as Smith,
Charley obit, Taylor, Tom obit, etc.?)
Thanks,
Laurie
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: Friday, October 14, 2016 11:49 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source list
Source citation report to a PDF is what I use.
ROBIN DUNBAR <deadmeat_deadm...@comcast.net> wrote:
Hello,
I want to make a copy of my master source list. The help section didn't
Copy for what reason? To use in another Family File? To print out as a
report?
Sherry
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:18 PM, ROBIN DUNBAR wrote:
> Hello,
>
>I want to make a copy of my master source list. The help section didn't
> help Is there away of doing
Source citation report to a PDF is what I use.
ROBIN DUNBAR wrote:
> Hello,
>
>I want to make a copy of my master source list. The help section didn't
> help Is there away of doing this??
>
> RMD
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List
Having started using Legacy lng before they had a source maker, I
created my own templates. All the sources are entered under the name of the
pe
p-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of mvmc...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 11:09 AM
To: c...@westnet.com.au; j...@suplick.name; legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List
Having started using Legacy lng before they had a source maker, I c
I fall somewhere between a Splitter and a Grouper. My Master Source List is
listed either under a location or a Family Name (I call my branches after my
grandparent's names and my husband's grandparents names). For census I have
Master Sources by State-County-Town or, if a different country than
Having started using Legacy lng before they had a source maker, I
created my own templates. All the sources are entered under the name of the
person. If I'm using, say the 1860 census as a source, I just pull up the
template for the organization that digitized it for online retrieval,
t;legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List
Also a lumper for most things with Source List Names organised by type.
Certainly not a Master Source for every household in a census. Does TNG really
force that if you want to include the image? If it does, I'd be
I'm an even bigger lumper:
For the source:
Federal Census
And then in the details:
1920 Iowa, Polk County, (and then all the rest of the details)
Linda Greethurst
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I periodically do a .pdf of my sources and then search the .pdf -- quick
and easy to find what you're looking for.
Pat
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote:
> Also a lumper for most things with Source List Names organised by type.
>
> Certainly not a Master
I think I'm what you call a lumper. I source from largest location to
smallest. I've been a little frustrated because the Legacy program wants more
detailed locations in some cases than the databases warrant. I've altered my
manner of sourcing to add a lot of the location information in the
Also a lumper for most things with Source List Names organised by type.
Certainly not a Master Source for every household in a census. Does TNG
really force that if you want to include the image? If it does, I'd be
attaching the image to the event rather than the source.
No problem finding
p-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Arnold Sprague
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:51 AM
To: Mailing List for users of Legacy Family Tree software
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List
Don,
I am an unimaginative LUMPER. Here are some samples
As a lumper, I do something similar to Arnold. I name them based on type,
location, and title. Works for me.
Births-IA-Births and christenings, 1830-1950 (FamilySearch)
Births-MD-Dept. of Health birth certificates
Newspapers-IL-Illinois State Journal (GenealogyBank)
US Federal
I name my master sources by state, county, then year.. Ohio,
stark, 1920 US census
Ohio, stark, 1865 State Census
Etc...keeps them grouped together by location then by year
On Feb 24, 2016 1:38 PM, "Don Quigley" wrote:
> Curiosity question: How do other Legacy users
Don,
I am an
unimaginative LUMPER. Here are some samples:
Book: Bio. - Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge - American Patron of Music
Book: Misc. - Notable American Women - The Modern Period
Cemetery: MN, Ramsey, St. Paul, Resurrection Cemetery
Census/U.S. Federal: 1910
Informant: Milstead,
Curiosity question: How do other Legacy users quickly find a Master Source
for editing or selecting for a citation?
I have always prefixed my Source List Names with the File ID - ex. "2423 -
1920 US Census, Parks Bar Twp., Yuba Co., CA - Three Scott Families" - which
is also part of the
I use the latest version of Legacy 8 on a Win 7 PC
From the Master Source List when selecting the Show List ... to see All
Individuals who Use this Master Source I do not get the correct list of
names. The missing and/or incorrect names are those People who share this
individual event with ..
This is a known problem and is recorded in our problem tracking system.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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On 02/01/2015 6:41 PM, rebelcr...@stjohncable.com wrote:
I use the latest version of Legacy 8 on a Win 7 PC
From the
I want to print my Master Source List but can't seem to print what I want
it to. I do not want a Source Citation Report, I want the list that is like
- Obituary-Kansas-Reno etc. - Census - Iowa - Van Buren etc. does that
make sense? I think it is also called the Source List Name.
I struggle
Claudia,
You do want the source citation report but you should select the option
for Only the Master Sources to get a list of your Master sources
without the extra details on where they are used.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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On 28/10/2012 18:34, Pat Hickin wrote:
After I use the Master Source List and want to close it, I do an AltC for *
C*lose and that just moves the cursor down to the next option, *C*ancel.
If I do an AltC again, the cursor moves back up to the Close option. In
either case, the Master Source
PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Source List
After I use the Master Source List and want to close it, I do an AltC for
Close and that just moves the cursor down to the next option, Cancel. If I
do an AltC again, the cursor moves back up to the Close option
The duplication of the Alt-C action letters for both Close and Cancel is
recorded as a problem in our problem reporting system. Only one button
should have the underlined C and the action of that button should be
executed when you use Alt-C.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
As a newbie, I used 1910 (or 1920,1930) US Census for my master source list
names. Needless to say, with family members all across the US, I have multiple
master sources with the same master source list name. I noticed Geoff uses
location in his examples. I thought family names would also
The Census source should be based on location. You could find several
families in that census and location so it should be sourced as Geoff
shows in the Sample file.
City/town is part of the Source Detail.
Unless you're a splitter and like rummaging through hundreds, if not
thousands of items in
Judith,
In fact this template was never released, I guess that with the vast range of
templates it became too difficult to program.
You will no longer find mention of it in the Help Files (or I think not - I am
on my tablet and cannot check) and these are always more uptodate than a
manual.
, 2012 8:50 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master source list
Hi,
I've been watch the webinar about adding census to Legacy. I added the 1911 UK
census source for the first time, following the webinar. I then started to work
on another individual in my tree
Your explanation does not contain enough information on the steps you
used but my first guess is that you did not first clear the existing
clipboard which contained the 1911 census as the Master Source.
When you open the source clipboard first use the click here ... beside
step 1 to change the
Bill,
The ED and page # should be part of you detail - not included in the Master
Source.
Bobby
-Original Message-
From: William (Bill) R. Linhart [mailto:wrlinh...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 11:19 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Source LIst
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:18 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Source LIst name - duplicates for US Census?
I discovered by accident that the Master Source List supports
duplicates. Here is my example in my Master Source List:
(1) Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh - 1930
Under Options in the Master Source List click on Combine Duplicates.
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On 6/17/2012 8:18 AM, William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote:
I discovered by accident that the Master Source List supports
duplicates. Here
On 6/17/2012 9:18 AM, William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote:
I discovered by accident that the Master Source List supports
duplicates. Here is my example in my Master Source List:
(1) Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh - 1930 - US Census
(2) Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh - 1930 - US Census
to split census citations.
Ward
- Original Message -
From: William (Bill) R. Linhart wrlinh...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 11:18 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Source LIst name - duplicates for US Census?
I discovered by accident
: Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:18 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Source LIst name - duplicates for US Census?
I discovered by accident that the Master Source List supports
duplicates. Here is my example in my Master Source List:
(1) Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] MASTER SOURCE LIST
Recently I imported a file into my main family file and I have now ended
up with several duplicated sources in my Master Source List.
Is there any way to combine several identical Master Sources into a
single Master
-Original Message-
From: Ian Watkins
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 11:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] MASTER SOURCE LIST
Recently I imported a file into my main family file and I have now ended
up with several duplicated sources in my Master Source List
the world of genealogy!
When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence.
Thanks.
On 08/05/2012 6:58 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Ian Watkins
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 11:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] MASTER
On 2011/10/22 01:07, my genealogy email wrote:
You didn't say whether you were trying to combine a source that was basic or
a sourcewriter source. If it was a source created with source writer you can
only combine sources that use the same templates.
Why would you want to combine basic and
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List Problem
On 2011/10/22 01:07, my genealogy email wrote:
You didn't say whether you were trying to combine a source that was basic
or
a sourcewriter source. If it was a source created with source writer you
can
only combine sources
Using latest version (7.5.0.112) on Windows/7.
Noticed a mis-operation on the Master Source List window with the Combine
button. It doesn't always work! Sometimes it behaves as advertised and sometimes
it doesn't.
By this I mean that pressing it with a Source List Name highlighted does not
:49 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Source List Problem
Using latest version (7.5.0.112) on Windows/7.
Noticed a mis-operation on the Master Source List window with the Combine
button. It doesn't always work! Sometimes it behaves as advertised and
sometimes
This is a known problem and is recorded in our tracking system. The work
around you are using is the way to get the button to work.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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When replying to
Thanks for the workaround tip. It worked great for two Source Writer
sources I wanted to combine.
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote:
Using latest version (7.5.0.112) on Windows/7.
Noticed a mis-operation on the Master Source List window with the Combine
The usual advice is to be sure there are no check marks anywhere in
the show only column of the master source list.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:06 PM, lisagarre...@verizon.net wrote:
PLEASE HELP!
My Master Source List just disappeared! I was entering data and went to
Cite a Master Source from
Did you take a look at the filters on the right under Show Only to
see if there are any checkmarks in front of one of the filters?
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:06 PM, lisagarre...@verizon.net wrote:
PLEASE HELP!
My Master Source List just
of all posts).
Kirsten
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From: lisagarre...@verizon.net [mailto:lisagarre...@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:06 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] master source list
PLEASE HELP!
My Master Source List just disappeared! I
Lisa,
Make sure there are no check marks in the Show only section. That is the
most common problem when the Maser source list looks empty.
Brian
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