Illa, You didn't mention it but I hope that his handwritten notes are cited as to the source that he used to obtain the information. Using his notes as the source of the information will still need documents to back up the statements.
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 2015-01-18 1:27:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sunnydays1...@gmail.com writes: Thanks, another good idea. That's why I like to ask, people come up with so many ways to do the same thing that one of them should work for me. Ila http://diabeticdogrocky.blogspot.com http://ilasrambings.blogspot.com Sent from my iPad > On Jan 18, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > >> On 18/01/2015 16:23, Ila East wrote: >> I have a cousin who does not have a computer so he has done all his >> research the old-fashioned way. He has given me several pages of >> handwritten data on different family members. These are not letters so I >> am not exactly sure how to source them. I want them all to be grouped >> under his name, but other than that I am at a loss. > > > You don't say whether you want to use Basic Sources or Source Writer. > > I have some similar documents which I have recorded in a Master Source > named "Hare Papers" (where Hare is the name of the family concerned) > using the Artefacts template. I have described the documents and the > circumstances of their creation in the Master Source Comments. > > I have various hand-written trees and pedigrees supplied by relatives > who have researched from decades ago up to quite recently and I usually > cite them as "Genealogy - Joe Blogs Tree" or "Genealogy - John Doe > Report" or similar, using various templates such as Family Group Sheet, > Pedigree Chart, Gedcom or whatever seems most appropriate. > -- > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
