HI I am new to Legacy and I've purchased the manual as well. I've used Generations for eons, and this was the closest thing out there. BUT, I am having the same source problems. I made a ged.com of a very large file, containing over 120000 relatives of varying degrees, For 90% of them, there were 617 sources.
Once I imported it into Legacy, all seemed fine, except I was used to being able to see the sources as I went along. When I started looking for my sources, they are there, but the master list only has the word "Source" for about 610 of them. IF I go and open it up and click on the detail, the information is there. But, doing that 617 times is not going to be time saving. Any ideas how to get the sources to go back where they belong, so that the title of a book, the vol and page of a Will Book, or the page of a census shows? I've deleted the first attempt, and tried it a second time, thinking it was a fluke. Apparently either I need to redo the sources in the Generations before it's imported, or redo each one of these in Legacy. I've tried resetting some of them in the newer Legacy file and saving them to a "new Master list as instructed (I think) without success. They still show as "source". I've looked through some of the archived questions, but I'm not finding answers there either. I'm missing something. Any ideas from people more familiar with this program than I am? The manual isn't that helpful. It's fine, as is the video, for new sources. It's the 600 plus that have been imported that area a problem. Thanks in advance [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:17 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing problem--viewing sources Hi Pat, You are right. You can't sort by author and that is the bibliographic standard. But Legacy currently doesn't produce a Bibliography. If you want to sort by author you could start your Source List Name with the Author. The Source List Name if for your convenience to sort the list as you prefer. It doesn't usually print (There is an Option in Options > Customise if you want to include it). For genealogy I don't usually think of a source by author but short title (like 1871 Census) so it's not something I'd do. Cathy At 10:00 AM 4/10/2006, you wrote: >When I click on 1)View 2) Master Lists 3)Source, I don't see a way to sort >or display entries in alphabetical order by author's name, though I've >always been taught that the (accurate) name of the author is just about >the most important fact, and it's ordinarily the way things are sorted >within bibliographic categories. > >Pat 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 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
