Lew, I thought from your first post you had a source (Master, Detail & Text exactly the same) that you wanted to use for 3 events. In that case, use the directions from Bruce below. Try this: Click on the "books" icon for the desired individual Highlight the immigration event Click on the bottom icon on the left (2 overlapping pages). This "copies" the source (complete with detail) Highlight one of the other two events (naturalization or residence) Click on the "minus" icon (next to the bottom icon). This "pastes" the complete source. Do the same with the other event. Works great for me. Also, by doing it this way, the sources will be identical which means they will have the same "footnote" number and the source will only appear once.
In your followup, are you wanting to use a source (Master (1920 Census - same), Detail (same) Text (different)? Then follow the directions from Elizabeth below: When you want to source an event, call up the source you want (like 1920 census) and select it to be the source. Then when you call up the event, you can select the source with the little button with the horizontal line. I would suggest doing all the things using the same source at one time -- for me, this means, while doing a census, I also click the little button for a residence event, an occupation event, and anything else that seems relevant, like year of immigration. Go through everybody in that census and get it done. In your followup, are you wanting to use a source (Master (1920 Census - same), Detail (different), Text (different - or you may not even be using the text option)? Then I can't see where the Source Clipboard would be helpful. Or I should say I don't think using the Source Clipboard would be helpful to me. Your followup questions: 1. It works but the source appears 3 times, once for each event. Now I have 3 Master Sources of 1920 Census listed for the individual with identical details for date of immigration. After I edit the details for the naturalization info for the Naturalization event and edit the detail of the Residence event to reflect the address given in the 1920 census, this still leaves three references to the same master source but with different citations or details in the Source Window. – not to mention that I must either cut and paste the detail info (which is a chore because you can't have two windows open at the same time) Lew, - once you highlight & copy text, you can close that area and paste text wherever you desire. 1. cont'd by Lew - or enter it from memory. Although it appears there are three references to the 1920 census Master Source, I have to assume that in reality there is only one entry since there is only one reference in the Master Source List. Is that correct? Lew, I'm sorry, but I'm not following this. You have a single Master Source Entry - 1920 Census. You have different details of that Master Source added to different events. You can use Master Source named "1920 Census" for events for many other individuals by adding different details and text, thereby having many references to this Master Source named '1920 Census." 2. Elizabeth said to call up the source you want and select it to be the source. How do you call up the desired source for an existing event when it doesn't appear in the individual Source window? It does appear in the Master Source List but I can't call it up. I can't even call it up by adding a new source; the template does not allow an existing source selection. I know I can create a new event, source it, and then delete the old one… but that seems like a round-about way to source an existing event. Lew, Don't creat a new event, source it & delete it. Not necessary. I suggest you look at the training videos. Goeff covers both adding a Master Source and Citing a(n existing) Master Source in the video. You can use the videos as reference, but I suggest looking through all of them at least once as they address your current questions. Sorry about the Chick/Lew names previously. Regards, Jane Tripp To see the free training videos - Click the Legacy Home Tab from within your Legacy program Under 'Support' header, select 'Watch Training Videos' >From this screen any of the View & Preview options are free. Lew's first post : On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Chick Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am converting from Family Tree Maker to Legacy but confused with the way Legacy handles sources. I understand that a Master Source may be used several times with different citations, but how do multiple events use the same source? I have no trouble assigning a source to a new event but there must be an easier way to assign a source to an old event other than re-newing the event. There doesn't seem to be any correlation between the events and sources. How do you tell which belongs where? For instance: I have an immigration event, a naturalization event, and a residence event that are all sourced from the 1920 census and transferred in from FTM. There is an "S" in the source window for the immigration event, but nothing for the naturalization or residence event. How do I get those two events to source the 1920 census without having to re-create them? I have found nothing in the manual or on-line help about adding a source to an existing event. Thanks... Lew Lew's follow up: Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Confusion It works but the source appears 3 times, once for each event. Now I have 3 Master Sources of 1920 Census listed for the individual with identical details for date of immigration. After I edit the details for the naturalization info for the Naturalization event and edit the detail of the Residence event to reflect the address given in the 1920 census, this still leaves three references to the same master source but with different citations or details in the Source Window. – not to mention that I must either cut and paste the detail info (which is a chore because you can't have two windows open at the same time) or enter it from memory. Although it appears there are three references to the 1920 census Master Source, I have to assume that in reality there is only one entry since there is only one reference in the Master Source List. Is that correct? Elizabeth said to call up the source you want and select it to be the source. How do you call up the desired source for an existing event when it doesn't appear in the individual Source window? It does appear in the Master Source List but I can't call it up. I can't even call it up by adding a new source; the template does not allow an existing source selection. I know I can create a new event, source it, and then delete the old one… but that seems like a round-about way to source an existing event. 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
