Russ: Yes, that would work for some, but I have a ton of book sources like Savage’s _Genealogical Dictionary_ and _The Great Migration Begins_ that pertain to many lines as well as other miscellaneous source items. I’m wondering if Geoff uses some device or prefix to keep non-location specific names (like his new Find A Grave source) from mixing alphabetically with others that are sorted by state and county.
Currently my 600+ sources are grouped by entering “book,” “cemetery,” “birth,” “marriage,” etc. as the first word in the Source List Name. This is OK, but it causes records from a single geographical location to sort into those several categories rather than being grouped by location and I’m wondering if Geoff’s system would work better—except I’m not sure about how he handles some of these details. Kirsten From: my genealogy email Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 8:29 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geoff: Source List Arrangement? Kirsten, For published genealogies, family bibles, etc... I start the name of the master source with the Surname so that they all sort together, ie. “HALLADAY – Family bible of so in so Halladay by so in so”; “SMITH – GEDCOM of John Smith descendants supplied by James Smith, 12-20-2010”. Hope this helps. Russ From: Kirsten Bowman Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 2:07 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Geoff: Source List Arrangement? Geoff: In your last “Watch Geoff Live” you mentioned having sorted your Master Source List by entering the location first in the Source List Name since that’s the way many records are found at Family Search. I do like the concept of having, for example, all New York, Dutchess Co., birth, marriage, death records, cemeteries, newspapers, etc. grouped together in the Master Source List, but how do you handle things like published genealogies, family bibles, or the dozens of other things that might not be location-specific? Thanks so much for doing this series. It’s very informative to see how you use Legacy and there always seem to be tips to pick up in addition to the main topic. Kirsten 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
