Hi Nancy and others interested, When entering media to a different place within Legacy or a new type of information, always check your output method before entering a lot of data.
As Chap says, Location and Source pictures aren't much good/any good in Reports - so if that's where you want them, then think again. However, if you are headed towards web pages then source pictures are fine. I'm not sure about Location pictures. I don't think they show up in any output unless they do if you export a gedcom and use TNG for creating webpages. My major output is reports. I only add source images if I want quick and easy access to a source or it's quicker and easier than transcribing the source. I don't attach census images to sources or church register pages but at the moment I'm dealing with the Biographical Index for South Australians which is densely packed with cryptic entries in 3 columns. It's much quicker to take a photo of the relevant entry and include that than it is to transcribe. Here's the one for my great great grandfather that I transcribed years ago so you can see the point: CRAIG James b: 1804 SCT d: 25.11.1862 Morphett Vale SA arr: 1839 INDIA occ: Farmer res: Adelaide, Noarlunga, Morphett Vale m: Janet Hunter nee HOUSTON b: 6.10.1811 Glasgow SCT d: 10.9.1893 Adelaide SA ch: Anne Baird CLARK (1831-), Robt, Janet Bell, Jessie ANDERSON (1837-1923), Eliza Frances MUDGE, RASMUS (c1844-1929), Agnes ADAMS, Jas Houston (1846-1915), Mgt HUMPHRIS (1849-1929), Mary LAWRIE (1853-1923), Archibald [a note of warning about this source. It's not sourced and is a real mixture of good information and family memory which was often faulty. James Craig had 12 children and the order is somewhat different.] Location photos - I do add location images if I have a better map of exactly where something was (I include addresses in my locations) or if I have an historic map that shows the name of the place as many locations have disappeared or changed name. And I add location pics to Repository Addresses that show the exact location and where the parking is. However I don't think they show up in any output unless they do if you export a gedcom and use TNG for creating webpages. If I want a picture of a house or church or whatever that was important in the family, then I add it only (or as well) to either an Individual or Marriage event. Anyway, the point of this email: When entering media to a different place within Legacy or a new type of information, always check your output method before entering a lot of data. Cathy Leon Chapman wrote: > > Nancy: > > You should try a couple picture attachments and look at the output in > reports for those pictures. > I have found it to be too small to be of much use when attached to a > source. > > I prefer to add an event to the person or the marriage and add the > picture to the event. > These event pictures will probably look better in say a Descendant > Book report rather than being in a source at the end of the book. > > Chap > > > > ___ > Leon Chapman > chap...@gmail.com <mailto:chap...@gmail.com> > ----- > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Nancy <wheat...@hotmail.com > <mailto:wheat...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > Thank you. I'll try that. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 28, 2015, at 6:31 PM, Jenny M Benson > <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk <mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk>> wrote: > > > >> On 28/02/2015 23:31, Nancy Paget wrote: > >> Can one attach pictures to locations and/or sources? > > > > Yes! > > > > You can add any media to Master Sources, Source Details and > Locations. > > Just look for the Media tab when viewing a Master Source or Source > > Detail and the Add Media button when viewing a Location. > > > > -- > > 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
