Thank you for your comments and very rapid reply. >You are asking for an oft requested feature.
Glad to hear that. >It is on the Enhancement >request list but this doesn't mean it will be added. It simply means >it will be considered. It would be really great if you could twchnically achieve that. >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. Because I am very new at Legacy (less than a week)and still have trouble navigating around it, I wonder if I could impose on you to give me examples of how you specifically follow through with your suggestion. I am not sure I clearly understand how to do that. >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. I'll have to explore Events .... Thanks for the help. Jeff ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:31:14 +0800 >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 > > > 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
