I too create the master source at the county level and I create another master 
source for the new county. So I don’t have to repeat everything I go to one 
that I previously used (must have someone using it already) and click edit fill 
in the particulars for the new one then click Save and choose apply to New 
source. If you try doing this to a source that has no one attached to it the 
program will change that source without asking for a new one.
Russ

From: Paula Ryburn
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:43 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

My problem with Legacy is that we enter that website/database at the master 
source level, not at the detail level.  So, since I "lump" at the county level, 
do I need to set up a second "Census - Illinois Cook 1940" master source when I 
find things at FamilySearch??  This strikes me as at the very least not as 
flexible as Legacy would like to say they are.  I will look for a way to put 
the website at the detail level.  Based on what I've read here from those of 
you who follow "Evidence Explained" (I think that's the book) for source 
citation standards, I will probably end up having to use the over-ride to make 
the correct citation.  *sigh*

--Paula



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From: Michele Lewis <ancestor...@gmail.com>
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sun, April 29, 2012 5:34:58 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

This is a good question.  Legacy’s templates have “blanks” for all of the stuff 
you are supposed to cite.  One of those “blanks” is for WHERE you accessed the 
record.  You want to say if it was a FHL microfilm, or a FamilySearch image, or 
an Ancestry image etc.  One reason was discussed today on the Association of 
Professional Genealogists email list.  It was actually being discussed in 
reference  to a different topic but it applies here.  The different 
“repositories” treat the images differently.  They enhance them to make them 
more clear and readable.  Each one has their own way of doing this.

Let’s say I access the census on Ancestry and I see a name like this…


Williams, James.


But, let’s say someone else looked at it at FamilySearch.  Because the image 
was enhanced differently a faint “on” shows up at the end of the name so now we 
have
Williamson, James


It can make a difference so you need to direct people back to the exact image 
that you examined.


Michele

<snip>

In the particular case of Federal Census records, is it really important to 
cite the website through which you viewed the records?

--P





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