If I add the extra data there does it print out correctly in reports or would have to edit it later?
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 8:24 PM, CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com> wrote: > AMEN!!! > > > CE > > ------------------------------ > 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 > 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
