Bobby: I see where altering a master source changes it for everyone but that's working at the Source level, not the Detail level. For example, if I inadvertently typed "Cenuss" instead of "Census" somewhere in the Master Source, I could go back and edit it, and the changes show up everywhere the source appeared. But what if I made a typo at the Detail level and then copied that Detail to many people. I would need to correct each typo separately if I understand correctly.
But maybe I found the answer when looking at the sample database. It looks like "sharing" an event handles my problem. If I "share" a Detail citation with several people, it looks like the citation can be edited anywhere it shows up and the correction goes to all occurrences of the citation. Is this true? Dick Felts From: Bobby Johnson Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 3:52 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations Yes! Try this. Open up the sample file so you do not miss up your data file. Then open the master source list choose any one of the master sources and make a change. Now when you save it will ask you if you wanted to apply to all places it has been used or do you want to save it to a new source. When you're comfortable with this process and you can apply to your main database. Bobby From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:15 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations As a refugee from FTM, I'm working hard to understand the Source/Citation methods of Legacy. So far, so good with one exception. I like to generate a single citation (such as detailed information from a census) and use that citation many times for different people and events. Is there, or is there not, a way in Legacy to revise that citation (to correct a typo, for example) and have the revision apply to ALL places where the citation is used? I've looked through a number of postings to this list from past years and it is still not clear if the feature I'm looking for exists. The equivalent in FTM would be the two choices to either "copy" or "link" a citation. With copied citations, you must edit each occurrence. With linked citations, you can edit any occurrence of the citation and all of them change. Thanks in advance. Dick Felts 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