Here are a few examples where I have used multiple sources on the source clipboards (although very rarely do I need to use 5 at once):
(1) I used to use one citation for a particular Scottish census. More recently, I’ve realized that I need to be more exact as to where the information came from. In a few instances, I have the actual image of the census that I got from ScotlandsPeople. In some earlier instances, I have the transcription that was provided by FreeCEN. More recently, I have transcriptions done by Ancestry.com. All of these different sources were referenced simply as “1841 Census of Scotland” but even though they refer to the same event, they are different sources. And sometimes that difference is critical. So… in fixing my census sources, I may have one, two, or even all three of those sources that were consulted in the course of my examination of this particular family. So I load up all three on the clipboard and paste away as necessary to document the family. (2) For a birth record in Scotland… I may have an old IGI record that came from transcribed parish records; I may have the new transcription from FamilySearch’s “Scottish Births and Baptisms” database; I may have the actual birth certificate from ScotlandsPeople. I also have a generic record called “Birth Certificate” which simply means (to me), that I have a paper or digital copy of the original record (regardless of what agency created the certificate). So I may want to have all of these on the clipboard at once as I document a person (or a series of individuals from a family). Now… do I need to document all these different sources? That’s another question… and the answer may be no… but on the other hand… for someone tracking my work… it may be easier for them to get a hold of one of those sources than another. And sometimes there’s a discrepancy … the transcribed record said one thing, the certificate says another. In these cases, sometimes it’s faster to apply all five sources, and just simply delete the ones that don’t apply via the individual’s sources window. (3) When I was new (and using a different genealogy program), it seemed too much effort to apply a particular source to every single fact that I had acquired from that source. So I made the stupid decision to simply apply the source to the person’s name. Now that I’m wiser, I see it is important that I know that the birth dates, locations, marriage dates, nicknames, occupations, etc. also came from this source. When I happen on these cases and am adding new sources to the person, I load up a copy of the old source from the name and paste away. Again, sometimes it’s faster to apply multiple sources and delete an occasional source from a particular field than it would be to load up each of these sources individually and apply each one individually to all the places necessary in separate passes. In sum, I find using multiple sources on the clipboards most useful when I’m fixing old mistakes. I’ve found it faster sometimes to apply multiple sources once, and delete the occasional one that doesn’t belong rather than do each one in its own pass. And, finally, once I’m done, I clean out all the other clipboards and re-set the main one to my default source. From: Larry Lee [mailto:ldlee...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 4:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Clipboards 1 to 5 CE, I am glad to know there is someone who uses this option and I understand it theoretically but am having trouble understanding how this works in reality. Could you provide a simple example of how you have 5 or more sources at the same time for any given piece of information? I really am struggling to grasp this. Maybe it would be something I could use if I knew how. Larry Lee ldlee...@gmail.com 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
