That's a deceptively simple question without a simple answer. But here goes.
As an example, I would like a census citation to read like this:
1. 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule,
Middle Division, Danielsville (post office), p. 42 (penned top right),
dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker household; digital image, _Ancestry.com_
(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Aug 2007); citing National Archives
microfilm publication M653, roll 1247.
Ideally, I would like to be able to enter the census, state, Ancestry,
publication numbers in the Master Source, and be able to fill in only the
more specific info on the Source Detail, and still have it print as above.
However, the closest that I can come to that does not include an "accessed"
date in the url parenthesis, and it carries an extra period. (I do record
the accessed date in the Legacy program, but it doesn't appear in the source
citation.) The closest that I can come, using the Master Source to source
the census year, state, county, microfilm and roll no. is this:
1. 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule,
Middle Division, Danielsville (post office), p. 42 (penned top right),
dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker household;. digital image,
_Ancestry.com_ (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives microfilm
publication M653, roll 1247.
To achieve the latter, in the Master Source I bypass the author and title
lines completely, enter in the publication box: "1860 U.S. census, Dickson
County, Tennessee, population schedule" [quotation marks for clarity].
On the comments tab, I check the boxes to include it every time with the
source and add: "digital image, _Ancestry.com_ (http://wwww.ancestry.com);
National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 1247"
On the source detail tab I enter: " Middle Division, Danielsville (post
office), p. 42 (penned top right), dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker
household;"
Because the source detail defaults a period at the end of the sentence, my
punctuation of a semi-colon, is followed by a period, which is out of place.
I believe that the use of the semi colon in this position minimizes the
impact of the misplaced period, as opposed to using a comma.
That was probably not totally clear. Somewhat complicated subject, and I
flew from the east coast to the west coast today, and am more or less on my
last leg....
Janis
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
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Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:24 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.
From: "Kevin McMillan"
>I was under the impression that use of the new Version 7 source
> templates would produce outputs that were arranged in the order that
> comply with Mills' newest book on citations Evidence Explained. Using
> the source citation system in version 6, I am currently unable to to
> get the elements to line up in the proper order.
Can you give an example of a citation that cannot be input in v6 so that it
displays in the manner you want?
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
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