I think in the case of a letter as you mention, if that was a Master
Source I would quote the entire thing in Master Source Text, then I
would take a relevant part of it for the Source Detail Text. Makes
sense to me.
JL
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Claire Spinelli wrote:
In my case, the example I was envisioning, was the way I enter
correspondence that mentions multiple ancestors. I enter the author of the
letter (and date) - perhaps a relative - as the master source and then in
the source detail text I transcribe the pertinent paragraph or whatever. I
was thinking it would be helpful to me if I transcribed ALL the text into
the master source and then copy/paste into source detail. I'm sure this is a
matter of personal preference, but your comment got me thinking.
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I think in theory what you're suggesting is true but it's tricky because
it would depend exactly what. I can't think of any example where I've
put the entire text of a Master Source into Master Source Text. I might
put a shorter listing of what it includes. That's not often necessary.
I'll put something under Comments if I've got something to say. I
usually put Repository (ie. where it can be found again). I like
pictures so if I have one I'll link it in.
For example if it's a newspaper obit, the Master Source is the name of
the newspaper. I wouldn't quote the entire newspaper in Master Source
Text but I would copy the obit itself into Source Detail for every
person it applies to, as well as it being in Death Notes for the person
whose obit it is. Other people usually get mentioned in obits so I cite
it as a source for other people's names and marriages, and under
Comments I'll put the relationship to the person whose obit it is.
In reports it depends what your options are. Besides all the usual
there's a Source Citation Report where you can get most everything
source-wise printed out together, but I would say that's more for
sharing with other genealogists who would want all the details, not your
run-of-the-mill sharing with relatives who have a more casual interest
in their history.
JL
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Claire Spinelli wrote:
I get it. You meant that you could transcribe the entire text into the
Master Source Text and then select a small section of that into the Source
Detail Text. Good idea! Copy/paste makes it a simple process. In reports,
would you include the Master Source text, or just the Source Detail text?
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Secondary Sources
If you look you'll see there's are several tabs available for each
Master Source. Text of Source, Comments, Repository and Pictures.
After you enter a Master Source, there's Source Detail which has tabs
for Detail Information, Text, Comments and Pictures.
Master Source detail (Text, Comments, Repository and Pictures) is
connected to the Master Source itself. After citing a Master Source,
Source Detail is the detail for that particular citation, not the detail
for the Master Source itself which may be used many other times but with
different Source Detail.
That came out sounding a little twisted, even to me. But visually it's
very clear.
JL
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Claire Spinelli wrote:
JL wrote:
"There's a difference between Source Detail and Master Source Detail."
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Could you explain, please?
Claire
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