Jim,
To clarify, as far as I know "citation" is synonimous with "Source Detail"
in this conext, so it only looks at the Source Detail. There is a separate
search for Master Sources. I suggest you just give it a try with a few of
your sources - you won't break anything ;-).
Ron Ferguson
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Jim Walton wrote:
Would that also include the details attached to that source? I've not
tried the search function, so not sure how it will work. I'm real new
to Legacy, so still feeling my way along as I go. When I bought the
bundle I didn't see the second set of tutorial CDs so maybe I need to
invest in them too.
Jim
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Ron Ferguson
<rnldfe...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
You can't beat a good cringe!
Don't forget that in V7 one can search the Source Citations for eg.
contains Alabama (Seach>Find>Detailed Search).
Ron Ferguson
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Kirsten Bowman wrote:
Jim:
You're welcome. But just be forewarned: Someday you might want to
know which families were all living in the same state at the same
time . . . or the same county. Then you'll be on the road to
splitting. I split at the county level and probably have well over
200 census sources but it bothers me not at all. (A certain Ron is
cringing at this <G>.)
Kirsten
-----Original Message-----
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Jim Walton
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:56 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census information
Thanks, Kirsten. It looks pretty good, so in the meantime I'll do
it that way.
You said it's extreme, but consider that a census is a document
with 50 volumes, each volume has hundreds of chapters. Even the
1790 census would have at least 13 sources plus the counties. Even
narrowing it
down to states would produce over 50, considering territories such
a Puerto Rico and Guam.
But maybe I'm being too detailed. Anyway, your suggestion will work
as
a work-around. Thanks again.
Jim
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net>
wrote:
Jim:
That's pretty extreme lumping, but it should be easy to do. (And
just
today
I wrote that I'm reforming from this!)
Anyway, why can't you just create a Master Source called 1790 US
Census
and
leave out the other location details. Then on the Source Detail
screen on the Source Clipboard, you put the state, county, etc. in
the "ID of
Person"
field. That seems to create a pretty decent looking citation.
Kirsten
-----Original Message-----
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Jim Walton
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Census information
I record census information as part of residency then I can do a
chronology showing residence to compare people I think may be
related.
I then use the source writer for the census information and
supplement it in the notes with my comments, such as children,
etc. that clarify the numbers a little better. Problem is, the
source writer asks for
the state and county in the master source rather than in the
detail. That means that I have multiple sources for the same area
because different states and counties are involved. I want a
single source for 1790, 1800, etc. rather than 1790-New
Hampshire-Grafton,1790-New Hampshire-etc... Then the detail would
include the local information.
I have made a suggestion to Legacy to make the change as using the
override to redo the citations is cumbersome, but I would like to
get some feedback on my idea, methods, and other possibilities.
Jim
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