I do recall that in the past (not sure if it was an earlier update to version 7 or if it was in version 6), if the preceding source was the same but the detail was different, it was still listed as Ibid.
I believe that in the publishing world, this situation is shown as "Ibid, page 4" if the immediately preceding footnote was the same source but page 3. That's how it was noted in Legacy. I know this for a fact as I've been generating Individual Reports (as PDF so to save trees!) using this feature for many months now as a means to clean up my database and get everything sourced. Mary -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of GeoSci Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:30 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Without a doubt Ibid works for me - but keep in mind - it will ONLY work if the source directly above it in a list is EXACTLY the same (including detail). That detail seems to be the thing that often does not allow it to work when you think it should. Keith On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Elizabeth Richardson <erich...@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > I can address a part of your post, but as you note, ibid and the source > writer conversion tool problems have already been addressed. > > First, most of us sign our names, and I don't know what to call you. It's > very difficult to pronounce jaemtp in my mind. Second, please note that > posting to the list is to be in plain text, and I have changed this reply to > reflect that. The font in your post was very small and I had trouble reading > it, though, as you can tell, I did manage. > > You wrote: " I wrote about Sibling Relationships - I have three children in > a family file who were born to the same mother but two of them had a > different father. Legacy is incorrectly labeling them in the Relationships > reports as "step brothers" when they are actually half brothers. I reported > this two weeks ago and it is still not corrected. I want to print a > genealogy report for a friend of mine whose Family History I researched - > and I cannot give him something that looks unprofessional as to misclassify > his relationship to his half brother and say 'Oh...it was the software! ' " > > I have many half siblings in my database and they appear in the relationship > report correctly. Do you have them linked to the proper parents? By this, I > mean do you have the mother married to both the fathers, and the children > correctly listed with their biological father. When I do this, and set > relationships on one of the children, all the relationships report > correctly. > > You wrote: "Sources/Citations as footnotes at the end of the page: I figured > this will be easier - everything is right on one page to read. Well, one of > the facts in my Descendant book report referred to citation no. 18. But, > there was no 18 in the footnotes, it only went as high as 17. " > > Do you have the box "If an event has multiple citations, combine them all > into one paragraph" ticked? If so, the second citation number will not be > represented in the footnotes, rather that cite will be combined with the > other footnote. This feature was confusing to many of us until we got used > to it, and apparently it is the currently accepted method of citing sources. > > You wrote: "As a side note, It seems like none of these programs are > blended-family friendly - if you want to put the children with the step > parent who raised them for 20 years. Adoptions are also another issue when > you want to include the natural parents (when they are known) but want to > put the child under the adopted parents who raised them." > > A child can have more than one set of parents. Simply link the adopted child > to both sets of parents, then if you wish you can set the adopted parents to > the preferred parents, which will then show on reports and on screen. > > Hope this helps, > > Elizabeth > researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: jae...@verizon.net > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Without a doubt > > > Hello, thank you for asking: > > I have had a series of issues - below are just a few. > My first post had to do with the 'Ibid' feature. The online Help Index > presented this as if it was available. The Customize menu had a check box to > enable it. The Legacy Web page had a Comparsion Chart to other genealogy > software in which it indicated that it (and Roots Magic) offered the Ibid > feature when two others did not - using it as a selling point! So, I wonder > why this is not working. I spent a lot of extra time going over things > trying to figure out what I am not doing right. I get on this forum and one > person (Ron) tells me that it is no longer available. > Similar situation for the Source Template Conversion Tool. They got > instructions how to use this thing. I could not find it and,again, I am > taking extra time trying to learn this and figure out how to access and use > it. I really could have used that because I imported a genealogy file and > half of my citations went into Basic template. I wanted them all under the > Source Writer. But, I then find out that the Source Template Conversion > Tool is still a product of someone's imagination yet - even though the > directions are telling me how to use it. I had to work on rewriting the > Sources/Citations individually in the Source Writer and deleting the older > ones. Then I learn from this forum again that it was either discontinued or > never started. > I wrote about Sibling Relationships - I have three children in a family file > who were born to the same mother but two of them had a different father. > Legacy is incorrectly labeling them in the Relationships reports as "step > brothers" when they are actually half brothers. I reported this two weeks > ago and it is still not corrected. I want to print a genealogy report for a > friend of mine whose Family History I researched - and I cannot give him > something that looks unprofessional as to misclassify his relationship to > his half brother and say 'Oh...it was the software! ' > Sources/Citations as footnotes at the end of the page: I figured this will > be easier - everything is right on one page to read. Well, one of the facts > in my Descendant book report referred to citation no. 18. But, there was no > 18 in the footnotes, it only went as high as 17. > > As a side note, It seems like none of these programs are blended-family > friendly - if you want to put the children with the step parent who raised > them for 20 years. Adoptions are also another issue when you want to include > the natural parents (when they are known) but want to put the child under > the adopted parents who raised them. > > I was using FTM vers 10, which was from 2003 when I started genealogy > research. I just sat down and started typing - never had an issue with it. > Several mos. ago, I figure maybe I want to move up to something more > "modern" - forgetting what I already learned about technology - the more > sophisticated it gets, the more problems! > > Thank you for your help. ! > > > > > 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 > > > > -- Surnames: McKain, Horn, Riale, Ulrich, Erisman, Leiphart, Reed and Henry Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 EMail: geosc...@gmail.com 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 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
