Thanks Ron. Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I can live with it. I consider myself a splitter, so if I have a source say - 1880 Federal Population Census of Michigan (which never changes) I can select it from my Master Source list, and use it as a specific source for (say in one case, the head of the household), adding the county, Township, page and date to the source detail and save it to the clip board. I then like to paste the clipboard source to each family member, adding the "comments/text" for each member of the family in that given census enumeration i.e. age, gender, relationship and occupation. In theory, I thought the clipboard source should maintain its integrity and not change (the blank) text/comments field I originally pasted to it. Oh well, I can live with it. Thanks for your input.
Judy Judy, I haven't. As far as I know it has always worked like this, and to be honest I prefer it. Often when adding a comment I will wish to use it again, for example if I use a child's birth certificate to establish the parents I will use it for both the father and mother. I know it is there, so it isn't a big deal to remember that I must delete the comment before reusing. I admit to forgetting now and again, but I consider that to be my problem and not the program's, and I guess I would get more annoyed by repeatably having to put something into that section because the program has deleted it. BTW. I have always thought of those additional sections as part of the Detail. I look at the the Master Source as being something which will be absolutely the same for all users of that Master Source ie. something which will *never* be changed whereas everything else which relates to an individual, or only a specific number of individuals, I consider to be the Detail. Whilst I am at it, and as an example, let's consider censuses, which currently are the subject of another thread. I am a lumper so my Master Source contains nothing other than (say) 1891 Census England + census reference, with (say) Ancestry as the Repository (and it annoys me that the Repository is no longer part of the Detail). Everything else which I wish to include is in the Detail (including the Comments etc.). Works perfectly, even if I have to create a new Master Source should I use Findmypast! Shame on you Legacy <grin>. Ron Ferguson ____________________________________________________ Completely revised and rewritten: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Judy wrote: > Ron~ > > A question regarding your comment pertaining to copying a source, with > specific details to the clipboard. I have found the clipbaord useful > for copying the source to multiple individuals, with one exception. > After pasting the clipboard source to an individual, if I alter the > text/comments section of the source, for a specific individual in > his/her source screen (without altering the details of the source), > the alteration for the specific individual is copied back to the > clipboard (after using it twice). It is quite irritating to have the > clipboard source automatically modified each time. Any thoughts as > to how to add specific text/comments for an individual WITHOUT having > those specifics added to the clipboard? > > Thanks > > Judy > > > > One thing which hasn't been mention is that if a person with the > Master Source and Detail which you require already exists, by going > to that person in Family View Clicking the Books Icon, selecting the > Event to which the Source applies it can all be copied onto the > Source Clipboard by using the Copy Icon on the bottom left of that > screen. It can then be pasted, altering the detail if required, to > any other individual. > > Ron Ferguson 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