Cathy, I ask this just out of interest. Would it not be better to have a Citizenship Event and then, perhaps, a Source for each country (Or lump it into one) putting the information into the Source Detail - or have I misunderstood the question? - I have only had to do it once!
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk *Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries* View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:04:33 +0800 > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources > > Hi June, > > That's right. You could end up with hundreds of sources. > > If your children became Australian citizens all on the same day, I'd > put the information for all of them in the Source Detail and attach > the Source and Source Detail to each of them. Provided the Source > detail is identical down to the last space, then it will only print > once in the source. If you use the Source Clipboard, you ensure that > they're exactly the same. > That's what I do with Census sources. > > It's also why I'm a lumper so that sometimes I print reports and only > include the Master Source which gives a good indication of where I > found the information but not the complete details. Then the Source > Citations are much shorter. If you are an extreme splitter and make > each census household a separate Master Source, you can't do that and > your Source list will always be very long. > For example, for a 2 generation descendant report, if I just print > the Master source I have 2 pages of Source Citations, if I include > the Source Detail and Source Detail text, I have 11 pages of Source Citations. > > Cathy > > At 05:22 PM 28/09/2007, you wrote: > >>Apologies for another query regarding sources. I have started to put my >>source information in and I have previewed a trial ancestor book which >>correctly shows the numbers and gives a page with the sources on. >> >>If I enter Australian Citizenship as a source for each of my children, and >>in detail put their individual Citizenship numbers it is printing all three >>in the source list. This could mean I could end up with hundreds of sources. >>Is this correct? >> >>Sorry to those people who are fed up with hearing about sources and thanks >>to those people who have assisted me. >> >>Regards >> >>June (Chan) _________________________________________________________________ 100’s of Music vouchers to be won with MSN Music https://www.musicmashup.co.uk Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
