I agree with you all about having better things to do with my time, but I have to say that since I decided to move all my sources (well over 1000) to SourceWriter, I have learned so much more, cleaned up mistakes I made 12 years ago when I started researching and set up a consistent system so I can find sources easily (and so can the lucky kid that inherits this project). The same thing has happened in the past when I've gone through my hard copy files and discovered, for instance, that there were add'l folks on those census pages that I didn't originally know were related to the family. I've put so much time and money into this research, I believe I deserve to have an accurate and truly useful finished product. Deborah
Marilyn Clark wrote: > Connie, > > I agree with you! I just spent the last month trying to clean up my 718 ugly > and inadequate sources that were caused by moving from a shareware genealogy > program to Legacy. Importing the sources via GEDCOM caused a big mess and the > sourcing was awful. I am down to 239 sources now, about half are in the nice > SW format. My last big push will be to consolidate SSDI sources, then US > Census. Then I quit!! The rest of them can sit around until I have more time. > I want to do research, not housekeeping. > > That said, my perfectionist personality keeps nagging me to "fix" this!! The > one plus from all this work is that I'm correcting a few errors and becoming > familiar with my database again, after a couple years away from it. > > Marilyn > > > --- On Tue, 12/29/09, Connie Sheets <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: Connie Sheets <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Sources v. SourceWriter >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 12:56 PM >> Angelique Welch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> I was wondering what everyone else was doing with >>> >> their >> >>> "older" sources >>> that were made with the basic source templates from >>> >> older >> >>> versions, are >>> you keeping them just the way they are? Or, are you >>> changing them over >>> to the SourceWriter? If so, what is the easiest way >>> >> of >> >>> doing this? >>> >>> >> My database was originally started in a different program >> back in the 1980s. I have much better uses for my time >> than trying to go back and update every source citation. >> >> I update them a few at a time when I'm working again on an >> individual or a particular family group. >> >> Connie >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 >> 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> 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 after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
