Elizabeth, Easy, it will pick up the last one used and edit the detail in that.
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] sources attaching to every event > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:28:43 -0800 > > How can you edit the source detail if you have no source? I mean, why do you > even have detail for a non-existent source? > > Elizabeth > researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GeoSci" >> >> 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 >> _________________________________________________________________ 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
