Kirsten, Out of interest I seem to have the same problem with the English censuses as you have with the 1910 US template. I'm going away today but will do a comparison when I get back.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Update your British Prime Ministers Timeline - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Source Confusion > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:56:52 -0700 > > Lew: > > Aha! That makes all the difference. I haven't used FTM since v.11, and had > a terrible time with sourcing there so didn't use it much. In the Legacy > method, you typically have one fairly long source citation for a census > listing, but it ties via footnote numbers to many different facts and events > and the citation prints only once in reports. An added benefit is that if > you occasionally forget to link a citation to a particular event you can > easily go to an individual who "uses" that citation, copy it to the Source > Clipboard, and with one click attach it to the additional field(s). You > have to be careful though. If you edit the source detail in one place (even > just correct a typo or add a space) it becomes a new source detail and will > print both ways in reports. Any change to the citation detail has to be > applied to every instance of that particular citation. > > Also, you might want to know that there seems to be a bug associated with > the 1910 US census SourceWriter template. If you apply the identical > citation to 10 different people or events it will print in reports 10 times. > I know of no workaround, but when the programmers are finished cruising and > issue another update, that will surely correct the problem retroactively. > Meanwhile, I continue to enter 1910 listings and don't print reports. > > Legacy has just dozens of nifty tips and tricks that you'll learn over time. > I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. > > Kirsten > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chick > Lewis > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:27 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Confusion > > > Kristen, > > Yes, I think you are correct. I was expecting to see only immigration > data attached to the immigration event etc... probably because that is > what I am used to seeing from years of using FTM. Apparently Legacy > handles sources entirely differently. I think I am beginning to see > how it works. It will take some getting used to, but after a little > practice I think I will like it. Thank you for figuring out what I > was trying to say and getting me on the right path. > > Lew > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Kirsten Bowman wrote: >> Lew: >> >> Perhaps we're not clear on the results you're expecting to achieve. You > can >> have one Master Source (the 1920 census with the generic data about >> location, medium, website, etc.), and you can use that same Master Source >> for any number of different *families* in the same year, state, and > county. >> Typically you would open the Source Clipboard, select the appropriate > Master >> Source, and enter *all* the details for the particular family under the >> Detail Information and Text/Comments tabs on the Clipboard. Then you > would >> attach that full citation to all the fields where it applies, including >> immigration and naturalization events. >> >> It sounds like perhaps you're wanting to see only the immigration >> information attached to the immigration event, and only the naturalization >> information attached to the naturalization event. Is that the case? If > so, >> it's an entirely different animal. If I'm misinterpreting, please excuse >> and carry on. >> >> Kirsten >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chick >> Lewis >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:20 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> 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. >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Bruce Jones > wrote: >>> 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. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Chick Lewis 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 > _________________________________________________________________ The John Lewis Clearance - save up to 50% with FREE delivery http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719806/direct/01/ 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
