On 23 Jul 2006 Richard Heckman wrote: > Just curious--where do most of you enter the actual text of an > obituary?
I type (or paste) mine into the "Obituary" event's Notes area. > I have this nice person in my family who sends me tons of obituaries > (what a blessing!)of family members, many of whom I am unfamiliar. It's > great to get the obits, but she doesn't include any of the source > infomation: eg. newspaper name, published date, page, column. How > would you enter this obituary information? Create an "Unknown" source, > or create an "Obituary-on-File" source, then enter the obit in the > Source Details window? *Your* source is "this nice person in my family". So I would create a source for that person, "Type" would likely be "personal communication". What that person told you about this particular clipping would be in the "Details". Note: I would still record it this way even if the person told me the newspaper, its date, etc. as I would have no proof that that information was correct . . . and . . . that person is still *my* source for the data. If I later verify an actual copy or microfilm of the newspaper I'll then add the newspaper as a source with a repository of where *I* found it. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
