Phil, I concur with Kirsten. I have several different newspapers as sources. In my Master List they are named "Newspaper:Jackson Daily News," etc. This does indeed help you to quickly see if you already have a newspaper listed as a Master Source. I do the same thing with Books, Letters, Military Records, among others. I am sure I don't have as many sources as some on this list, but right now, this system is working for me. (By the way, I consider myself to be a "splumper," splitting some sources and lumping others.)
I'd like to hear if someone has a different view and why, especially if they have a large number of sources. Dede Holden On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net> wrote: > > Phil: > > The benefit to having a Master Source is to avoid repetitious typing by > grouping together several source items that share common information. You > could put all of your articles together under one Master Source called > "Newspapers" or even use the artifacts or basic source template, but there > would be very little common information to enter at the Master Source level. > More typically, each newspaper would be a separate Master Source. I would > begin the source list name with "newspaper" or "news" followed by the city > or the newspaper name. This won't print in the source citation but it will > group them together in your Master Source List so you can find them easily. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on > Behalf Of Phil Husband > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:04 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] A question about Sourcing > > > I have a problem, probably a brick wall in my mind, about sourcing. > Determining and naming a Master Source in particular. > > I have several newspaper articles, some I inherited, some I've downloaded > from Ancestry.com Historical Newspaper collection. The articles are from > several newspapers, in quite a few cities. I'm using them to keep track of > when and where a particular family worked and lived in various cities. > The articles range from 1902 to 1944. A majority, but not all, of these > articles are from personal news columns (gossip columns). Can someone of > this group using Legacy suggest one Master Source that I could use? I have > Evidence Explained at hand, while there are many illustrations, what I need > is how to name the master source. > > Phil Husband *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** 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
