Sorry to worry you, Janis. I wasn't referring to using the source clipboard at all, quite the opposite in fact.
If I understand your procedure correctly your master source is "WW Draft Registration", using this master source as evidence of a dob but with a different source detail sounds fine to me. 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:20:56 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] sources attaching to every event > > Ron, > > You said: "I have found a way of creating the error but it seems > unlikely that you are doing this, and that is by just clicking on Edit > Detail without citing a Master Source or adding a new one." Now you > have me worried. If I am adding an EVENT - say WW aft Registration - > to several people - I copy the event - go to the new individual and > paste the event - then go to the source and EDIT THE SOURCE DETAIL and > save it (also save it to the clipboard for use on newly discovered > information like actual day for birth). Seems to work fine for me. > Are you saying this will cause problems?? > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:49 AM, ronald ferguson wrote: >> >> Janis, >> >> You say "I copy it to the clipboard for usage until I am through with that >> particular source." How are you doing this - do you use the blue arrow on >> the Assigned Sources Screen or do you just "Save" on the Add Source Detail >> Screen? (The latter does not add it to the source clipboard btw.) And on the >> source clipboard, then do you save it to one of the 10 locations for >> recovery later, or do you just use "Save"? >> >> When you come to use a Master Source again, am I right in assuming that you >> first "Cite a Master Source" (or Add if it doesn't exist) and then fill in >> the Detail Source form? >> >> I have found a way of creating the error but it seems unlikely that you are >> doing this, and that is by just clicking on Edit Detail without citing a >> Master Source or adding a new one. >> >> Sorry about all the questions but if we are to get anywhere I have got to >> try and follow your exact procedure. >> >> >> Ron Ferguson > > > > > -- > Surnames: McKain, Horn, Riale, Ulrich, Erisman, Leiphart, Reed and Henry > > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 > > > > 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Invite your Facebook friends to chat on Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719649/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
