Cathy: You're right. Although crazy extreme splitter is more like it.
I've just started "lumping" and OMG what a difference. Lumping is SO MUCH FASTER. And using the Shared Event feature is making things fly even faster. A nice extra is "Evidence Explained" (and other sourcing books) are really delivered from the perspective of a Lumper, so the examples make more sense for me too. Thanks for your reply. L > From: genea...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Lumping vs. Splitting > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:00:27 +0800 > > Hi Leo, > I'm not Jenny and haven't read the whole thread - but if you can put > the transcription in the Master Source text, then you are almost an > extreme splitter. > For example: I have a Census source for each year for each country. > (most of my research is in the UK) But even if I had one for each > county in the US for each year, I'd hardly transcribe the whole > census for the county and put it in the Master Source Text. ;-) > > I rarely use the Master Source Text. I used to for certificates when > I had very few certificates and I saw each one as a separate source - > but now I have a Master Source for certificates from a particular > Registry Office and the transcription again goes into the source detail text. > > So the only sources with Master Source text or images are those for > unique items - like a particular Family Bible. > > Cathy > > At 07:41 AM 10/01/2014, you wrote: > >Jenny: > > > >1. As I mentioned when I started my family tree I didn't source my > >documents (I never in a million years thought it would get as big as > >it is, and did not understand why it was so important). > > > >I'm now trying to redo my tree, but this time sourcing each > >documents (I do have copies of every document, and written on the > >back the day I accessed it, etc.). > > > >My method of splitting is taking me WAY too long to redo. I'm > >thinking lumping will save me a huge amount of time. > > > >Can I ask you (and any other lumpers). > > > >*I* transcribe the complete document and copy to the Master Text. I > >then copy pertinent parts of the Master Text to the Detail Text > >depending on what I want to prove. (VERY time consuming, but I liked > >that if forced me to analyze the document). > > > >*You* transcribe the complete document, but instead of having it in > >the Master text you have the complete transcription in the Detail > >text. Is that right? Everyone using that Source has the complete > >transcription. > > > >2. Comparing your method to Shared Events, your method seems more > >exact (and transferable by GEDCOM) is the only plus of Shared Events > >that it would be faster? > > > >Thanks again for your direction, > > > >leo > > > > > From: ge...@cedarbank.me.uk > > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lumping vs. Splitting > > > Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 16:57:02 +0000 > > > > > > On 26/12/2013 16:16, lio . wrote: > > > > 1. When you source a document, where do you put the transcription - in > > > > the Master Text, or in the Detail Text? > > > > > > Being a lumper (which is actually correct practice for a relational > > > database, although I don't always carry it to the full extent which I > > > should) I put transcriptions in the Source Detail because that is where > > > they are relevant. > > > > > > For example, I have a Master Source for Birth Certificates from the > > > GRO. A transcription and an image of the Certificate are attached to > > > the Source Detail wherever a particular Certificate is cited. Another > > > example, I have a Master Source for the Book "Monumental Inscriptions of > > > the British West Indies". I attach a transcription and image of the > > > relevant entry to the Source Detail whenever an entry from that book is > > > cited. > > > > > > > 2. Are you using the new Shared Events feature? Any issues? > > > > > > I haven't fully explored this feature yet, but I don't think I will be > > > using it. Using the Birth Certificate example, I have the Birth as a > > > Vital Event for the child and I create an Informant Event for the person > > > who registers the Birth, citing the Birth Certificate as a Source for > > > both Events and for other information such as the parents' names. For a > > > Census, I create an Event which has each person's details in the Desc > > > field and a listing of all the members of the household in the Notes > > > field. I am very happy with this arrangement and don't see how a Shared > > > Event could improve on it. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jenny M Benson 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
