Lisa: I suspect there may be a misunderstanding somewhere. I've worked with both FTM (an older version) and Legacy, and Legacy's method beats FTM hands-down. You might watch the free training video at Legacy's site, especially the Sourcing section.
Legacy's approach is slightly different from FTM's I believe, and that may be causing the difficulty. I won't use the census as an example because then the list tends to get into a "splitting vs lumping" discussion but if you have a book like _A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England_, you set that up as a Master Source with the author, title, and publisher's information. That's the first level of sourcing. The second level, or detail, is this: When you find a reference to an ancestor in that book you go to the Individual's Information screen and enter the facts in the appropriate fields and click on the "up" arrow on the left to open the Source Clipboard. Clear the Clipboard and follow the steps on the screen to select your _Genealogical Dictionary_ Master Source. Fill in the fields on the Clipboard and, if you wish, enter the text regarding that ancestor and any of your own comments under the Text/Comments tab and click Save, which returns you to the Individual's Information screen. Next, put your cursor in any of the fields supported by the source and click on the "-" sign under the up arrow. That will attach the source citation to each of the fields that you select. (You can verify this by clicking on the books icon and you'll see a list of the fields that have a source attached.) If you find something on a different ancestor on another page, you just repeat the Clipboard portion of the process putting in that ancestor's relevant details. It takes a little time to get used to the steps, but very soon it becomes second nature. The Show List option on the Master Source List screen will give you a list of all the individuals who use that same book as a source citation but it won't show you their individual source citation details, it only lists their ID, name, sex, etc. Try it a few times and you'll soon love it. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: lisagarre...@verizon.net [mailto:lisagarre...@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 5:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Detail Thank you for your responses. I have done both of the things that Brian and Connie suggested. It works but is very cumbersome. I hope that Legacy updates the software with a way to easily list the citations that refer to each master source. It really is an efficient way to work with census information! Have a nice night. Lisa Apr 11, 2010 04:58:41 PM, LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com wrote: Lisa asked: "Is there a way to list the citations that refer to each master source?" In addition to Show List, from the Master Source list, click on Options > Print > Master Sources & All Citations to Each One >Include Specific Events > Include Citation Detail. If you want to limit this report to one Master Source, tag it first then request Only Tagged Sources. Connie 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
