I am not asking for the source writer to be removed or any of that, but even the basic sourcing in Legacy is not intuative. I had to buy the training videos to understand how it all worked(now I do!). I have used Legacy for a long time now and before that FTM, PAF & Brothers Keeper. Each of those had simpler sourcing methods IIRC. My opening post on this subject asked for a simple source option. An option with just two fields, one for master source name and the other for detail. clip board buttons & photo option could be added. Many of my sourcing requirements would be fine with just that. Those who wish to fully exploit every part of 'correct' sourcing has the ability to do so and good luck to them if that is what they want to do.
I don't believe that anyone way in the future would not have access to 'supergoogle' or some such facility to find that this strange reference 'Ancestry.com' was an archaic online genealogy resource that still has records archived at megadatabase online, for a fee of course! <big grin> Maybe next Christmas! Regards and good wishes to all. Norman Weston Expat Lanky, Spain 2010/1/19 John S. Adams <oldbr...@hotmail.com>: > There is no "official" Legacy way of recording sources. Legacy provides > tools which you may use as suggested by their (admittedly USA-centric) > tutorials, or modify to suit your preferences, or ignore. > > Concerning relatives retracing your steps: what if the relative is a great > grandchild who doesn't know what happened to your files and has no idea what > "www.ancestry.co.uk" and "www.freebmd.org.uk" are? > > Just a couple of thoughts. > > John S. Adams > Hermosa Beach, CA > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "carogene" <carog...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:09 PM > To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Simple Sourcing > >> I also find the official Lecacy way of recording sources a bit over the >> top, >> so I have recorded mine under the Research Notes tab as follows: >> >> Birth: He was born before registration commenced in Scotland (1855), >> therefore his baptism details have been used to establish his date and >> place >> of birth. >> Baptism: LDS film number 1041957, items 1 and 2. Parish records of St >> Ninians, SCT. (I have a copy) >> Marriage 1: Not found in England or Scotland. >> Marriage 2: www.freebmd.org.uk 1853 December quarter, registered at >> Islington. 1b/318 (I have a copy of certificate) >> Marriage 3: www.freebmd.org.uk 1867 September quarter, registered at >> Kensington. 1a/339 (I have a copy of certificate) >> Death: not found. >> Census: www.ancestry.co.uk >> Birth and Marriage details of his children: www.freebmd.org.uk >> Baptisms of his children: www.ancestry.co.uk, the London Parish Records >> Collection. >> Asylum Records and London Directory entries: Personal visit to London >> Metropolitan Archives 2008. >> >> I include this in any reports that I am sending to relatives, so that they >> can both see that I have done my homework, and retrace my steps if they >> want >> to. It's also a good way for me to check what is missing. >> >> Cheers >> Carolyn > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Regards Norman Weston Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
