I have been using my source templates for years. I select a template for a census, fill in the specifics for the family on it, then save it as a new source. I use the NARA recommended source template.
Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --------------------------------------------------------------- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists ® , used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. In a message dated 10/8/2012 4:25:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ancestor...@gmail.com writes: Ummmm, yes? You can't save custom templates can you???? Michele -----Original Message----- From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 1:05 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Source Format vs Source Writer Michele, So you are using a non-Legacy template of your own design for some sources? Wouldn't you prefer to be able to save your custom template in Legacy so you wouldn't need to consult your external template. Perhaps a suggestion to Legacy? -- Richard Van Wasshnova On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Michele Lewis <ancestor...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are some sources that I prefer to format using Elizabeth Shown Mills' first book, Evidence! Citation and Analysis. I like my citations to include everything a person needs to find the source but nothing more so that the citations are easier to read. In ESM first book some of the citations include all of the elements but are in more concise and easier to read format. ESM will be the first to tell you that citations are as much of an art as it is a science :) There are a few citations that I cite a little different than she does (Find-A-Grave entries would be one). I CAN conform SW to what I want most of the time BUT it is hard to remember exactly how I did it the next time I need to cite a similar source. I am all about consistency. I have to have all my citations following the same format. I do have a style sheet where I record all of the different sources that I use so that I do cite things consistently but it is hard to remember how I manipulated the blanks in SW to get it that way. > > Michele > 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 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 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
