Cathy, I have been an extreme splitter of census records (one source for each household every year) but with source writer, am slowly combining to one source for each county & year. One of the best features in Legacy is the ability to name your source so you can easily find it and still have the proper source title appear on reports. For census sources, my source name starts with Cen, then has the 2 digit state abbreviation, then the county name and then year. (I don't currently have any census records outside the USA but would start with country abbreviation in that case.)
Example: Cen-KY-Rockcastle-1850 This sorts all the census sources together first by state, then by county and finally by year so I can quickly tell if I already have a master source entered or if I need to add one. Linda On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Cathy Vallevieni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, I am just starting to use Legacy. I've seen lots of messages over > the weekend about splitting sources vs not splitting sources. > > Can someone that does split sources (ie. 1820 Census may be listed lots of > times for each town in which you have an ancestor), please tell me how they > title the split sources (start with city then county then state then list > the document document or something else goes first)? > > Can you also tell me the key advantages of splitting (I understand it's easy > to find all the sources for a specific town or county or state this way but > are there others)? > > Thanks. > > Cathy Vallevieni--Orange County, CA 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
