I really must learn to wait for Cathy's replies. Thank you for your considered responses. Peter
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cathy > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources in Notes > Hi Jeff, > > You are asking for an oft requested feature. It is on the Enhancement > request list but this doesn't mean it will be added. It simply means > it will be considered. > > Currently you can Source General Notes (indicated as just Notes on > the Assigned Sources Screen) , Research Notes, Medical Notes and > Marriage Notes. However, unless you add within the Notes a short > title to your source, you cannot show which section of notes relates > to which source. So adding a short source reference within the notes > is the current work around. > All other notes are sourced as part of the event to which they belong. > > Another work around is to put such things in Events. This can help > with forming a chronology of someone's travels, for example. The > drawback is that you don't get a good narrative. > > If you collect like happenings in the one event, you can do something > about the narrative flow - but you're back to the same problem of not > being able to source individual bits of your note - and you've lost > the useful additions to the Chronology view/report. > > You are giving Legacy a work out :-) It's good to have another > thoughtful user on board. > Cathy > > At 09:58 AM 11/09/2006, you wrote: > > >In the Notes section, I often have a variety of information entered > >and not everything can be classified into one of the traditional > >source categories like 'arrival', 'birth', 'death', etc. For > >instance there may text saying > >a) 'went to xyz in 1856' > >b) 'also went to abc in 1859' > >c) etc. > >(a) may be from source 'source 1', (b) was from a different source, > >'source 2', etc. If was writing this in an academic article or > >book, I would reference the various parts of that text with > >footnotes like this: > > > >....'went to xyz in 1856 (footnote 1)'..., 'also went to abc in 1859 > >(footnote 2)'..., etc (footnote 3). > > > >(Footnotes) > >1. source 1 > >2. source 2 > >3. source 3 > > > >How would one reference source the various different but similar > >note items for the same person in Legacy? Any possibility of having > >something like "source footnotes" in the notes fields, or is that > >asking too much <grin>? I believe accurate recording of sources is > >essential for good genealogy. > > > >Jeff 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/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
