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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 20:44:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources From: pph...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Cheryl wrote, "I find the Basic sources incomplete." It seem to me that you can make them as complete as you want them to be. Just add the info under publication facts -- or on one of the tabs. Pat On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com> wrote: That is more or less what I have been doing. And sometimes I add the SourceWriter version to the current data and then delete the Basic from that person. I do wish I could just deal with genealogy and not all the housekeeping tasks though. :-/ On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Nancy Stevens <nancystevens4...@gmail.com> wrote: I had about 1500 sources when I started using Legacy. This is my system to retain links: (1) Add the source in Source Writer. (2) Link to the person/event. (3) Remove the old style version of that source from the person/event. (4) Old style sources eventually have no more links so every once in awhile I purge unused sources. This way the old source is removed at the time the new source is linked. Like you, I initially wanted to update everything to Source Writer, but that is a huge job. So this is the system I came up with to retain my sanity -- (1) I always use Source Writer for new sources. (2) I always add a Source Writer version if I am reusing an old-style source (in other words, I never link to an old style source). If I am adding a Source Writer version of an old source I do not have to convert everything from the old source right then. (3) I go back and convert sources for a person when I am getting ready to publish but I only convert the printing sources. I still have many old style sources in the database but the database is just for me. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com> wrote: I find the Basic sources incomplete. Maybe it's me? It would be a LOT easier to convert to Basic. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Pat Hickin <pph...@gmail.com> wrote: I don't think so but personally I do not like SourceWriter and am gradually converting my SourceWriter entries to the Basic format. Pat ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:04 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com I started out with Basic Sources. There are still close to 400 of them. Is there any way to convert them to Source Writer? In the alternative, suggestions for redoing them all while retaining the links and remaining sane? 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
