Frank is right. Browse the history of this group and you will see many threads with ideas and opinions on sourcing. What matters most (unless you do this professionally) is that it works to tell you what you want it to.
That said, the sooner you reach your own personal best method, the less you will have to fix when you get there. Legacy lets you use many possible ways of doing it, and if you are not consistent you will get confused as your data base gets bigger. I started out keeping all sources for a fact and I still like to do it that way. BUT - That can make reports look weird (6 footnoted sources for a date), and as you go back in time it can lead to a lot of work when you find a better source with different info. For example, in my family some chart-makers in my grandparent's generation used baptism dates for birth dates that got used in other references that are also sources for me (esp diaries). So when I find an original birth or baptism record that tells me the correct birth date and can see what happened, I have to do a lot of work to find all the references sources, annotate each of them, use notes (I use Research notes) to explain in the person's record, etc. On the other hand, if I had deleted the reference any of the sources I wouldn't know to put a note on the source master record for the chart (because if they did in once...) and others. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank L. Rose Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:00 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help First, the most important thing is to source all the data with the most accurate source that can be found. Second, it's your database, so source it the way that seems most logical to you. It is NOT necessary to track the method that was used to find a given source, if you don't feel comfortable with it. Last, the "experts" may be more knowlegeable about a given subject, but that doesn't mean they are correct. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Nerud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help > These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of > them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point > out how poorly she did her research? > > What works for me is dates I've researched, sourced by wherever I got that > date. For my family reading their family story, why would they want to read > dates and alternate dates, not knowing because they aren't genealogists as > we are that the alternative date is, IMHO, incorrect, thanks to my cousin. > > I guess there is no correct or incorrect way. > > Ruth > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. Brenzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:25 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help > > > > Once you find the correct date, you can move the original date received > > from your cousin to the Alt. Birth/Alt. Death event and retain your > > cousin as the source for that event. This maintains the history of your > > research. > > > > Also, if you already have a Legacy database where this "family" would be > > entered, my suggestion would be to enter it into a separate database and > > as you evaluate each person, move them into your database. > > > > Mary Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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 ds Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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
