Everyone,
Thanks for the help.
--- On Tue, 12/9/08, music-line <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: music-line <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter Template
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 9:09 PM
> Hi Melanie,
>
> The was I see it is, if you wish to site an individual
> email as a source you
> use 'group by individual emails'. If you have a
> series of emails to/from
> one person you need to use 'group by
> correspondant'. Personally, it is
> unlikely that I would use one email as a source, so I have
> only used the
> 'group by correspondant'.
>
> The way I do it is, after selecting the template, fill in
> as much as is
> necessary/ possible for the Source info. I then attach
> each email (from me
> and the correspondant) to the multimedia section, in
> chronological order.
> One problem is that people often keep the same subject line
> for a series of
> emails, so I name each attached email in the following way:
> e.g. "2005 12 23
> (09.28) - Alice Bloggs - RE Bloggs FH" This
> represents the date the email
> is sent (which for sorting purposes I always put as YYYY MM
> DD), the time
> (in case you get more than one email on the same day with
> the same subject
> line, the person who sent the email (either me or the
> correspondant), and
> the subject line. For ease, I use the 'name' of
> the email as the 'caption'.
> (I know it means you get a really long file name, but it
> works for me)
>
> I do use the 'overrides' in the Master source
> section to read something
> like:
>
> Foot/Endnote: Joe Bloggs [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to
> Alice Bloggs,
> e-mail; privately held by Alice Bloggs.
> Subsequent Citation: Joe Bloggs [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE
> USE,] to Alice
> Bloggs, e-mail; privately held by Alice Bloggs.
> Bibliography: Bloggs, Joe. E-mail correspondence with Alice
> Bloggs.
> Privately held by Alice Bloggs.
>
> (I do hate the surname only 'default', especially
> if you have a family
> database, where half of your surnames happen to be
> 'Bloggs'. It just seems
> lunacy to me!)
>
> When I come to cite the source to individuals and the
> detail screen comes
> up, for the 'subject line' I put: "Email
> Reference: 2005 11 27 (06.38) - Joe
> Brookes - RE Brookes FH". (Fill in the rest as you
> feel inclined.) I then
> copy the text of the particular email I am citing, in the
> 'Texts/Comments'
> section. I then have the option of using the text if I
> want to print out
> the text with the source list. (By the way, when I do
> this, I always leave
> 2 blank lines at the top of the 'Texts/Comments'
> box. This has the effect
> of leaving one line blank between the citation and the
> text.)
>
> Personally, I hate using the 'Detailed screen' in
> Legacy, because it is
> fiddly if you want to edit it later.
>
> Now, I'm sure many would disagree with my way of
> working, so please read any
> other responding posts before making your final decision.
> I would hate for
> you to try and use this system if there are others that
> appear much better.
>
> Best of luck!
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> David
>
> *****************************************************
> David S Brookes
> Musical Director, The Brewood Singers
> www.brewoodsingers.co.uk
> Organist & Choirmaster, Polesworth Abbey
> www.polesworthabbey.co.uk
> *****************************************************
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Melanie
> Armstrong
> Sent: 10 December 2008 01:52
> To: Legacy user group
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter Template
>
>
> Can anyone tell me the difference between the E-mail
> template for group by
> individual e-mails and group by correspondant? I just tried
> using group by
> correspondant and it just didn't seem to work
> correctly. I looked in the
> help files but didn't find anything. I'm using the
> latest build of Legacy 7.
> Melanie Armstrong
>
>
>
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