Gail, The Recorded Date field is just a field where some people will type in the date that they either added the source. I've never used it. The Date Accessed field is in the templates for the online sources. To see it you might have to scroll down in the list a bit.
Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Nestor Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:56 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7: Accessed date for lumped US Census Entries - for Geoff Hi Geoff, now I'm a little confused. On the Master Source Definition tab for a census, I see a "publish date" field and I see a "recorded date" field down at the botton of the screen in the gray part. I see that when I type something in the "publish date" field, it shows up in the bibliography output (and not beside the accessed date in the footnote). When I type something into the "recorded date" on this same screen, it does not seem to affect the output in either place. Now moving on to the source detail screen... When I click to edit the source detail, I see a place to enter a "recorded" date there as well. However, this too, seems to have no effect on the footnote or bibliography output. I do not see a "date accessed" field at all on any of the screens. I am specifically looking at a 1920 US Census template. Maybe it is on the others? Thanks for any explanations to help clear this up for me! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Geoff Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gail, > > The Date Accessed field is actually in the Source Detail screen. You may be > confusing this with the Publish Date, which is in the master source. The > publish date should be the date when the database was published. > > I actually used to split my census sources at the city level, but am now > doing it at the county level because of EE's guidelines. > > Thanks, > > Geoff Rasmussen > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Nestor > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:49 PM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: [LegacyUG] V7: Accessed date for lumped US Census Entries - for > Geoff > > Hi, well I've finally had a chance to play around with the source > writer a bit and I am very pleased with the overall results! With my > EE book in hand, I have been wading through the templates and starting > to make some source conversions. I'm kind of surprised, though, at > one aspect of the US census template. I know this has been mentioned > before in our *very* active list, but I want to revisit the issue to > see what the future plans might be. > > It seems that the formatting for the "accessed date" is set to be > input at the master source level, rather than the citation detail > level. For users who lump their census entries by county or by year > (like myself), then the date will not be applicable for subsequent > census findings for different families. If no date is entered in this > spot, though, the result is an empty space before the closing > parentheses. > > The order of the source output seems to allow for the blending of the > order of master source components and detail components, so I am not > sure why we could not give the user the choice of where to include the > accessed date. > > Geoff, how have you been handling this issue with your own data so > far?? I believe you had stated that you lump master census sources by > county as well, right? > > I am hesitant to convert too many of my census master sources before I > know how this issue may be addressed. If I have somehow missed a note > saying that issue is on a list to be fixed in an upcoming update, I > apologize for the duplication of notes. > > I truly believe this tool is going to help thousands of genealogists > improve their desire and ability to cite sources more accurately and > completely! Kudos to the Legacy team!! > > Gail Rich Nestor > Smyrna, Georgia > www.roots2buds.net > > P.S. Hi there to all my LUG friends who just got back from IGHR > (Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research) in Birmingham, > Alabama! > > 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 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
