Judy: I use roughly the same method as you, but with a slight difference. I transcribe the listing for the entire family in the Details and then attach that source to each member of the family. It's the same amount of typing, and avoids the problem of having to create what is essentially a different source citation for each individual. I also like being able to see the whole family group listed as a unit in the Details rather than just the information for an isolated individual.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Judy [mailto:eldestdaugh...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:43 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Re: RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Detail was (correction re: Show List) 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
