Thanks, Steve. A couple of questions. I have my own naming convention for my sources on my hard drive. Why would I need to supplement that with a file id? Does it have anything to do with maintaining a master source list? I don't do that. I know EE recommends it. I figure if I have my data supported by sources, and I have them properly cited, then I have done the work.
I generated the file id report. First it listed Source Citations. Since I was entering the Find A Grave Memorial # in the file id field, my report is a bit of a mess. It doesn't reflect what the report is supposed to look like. I ask again - purely innocently and because I don't know the answer - what is the purpose of this report? Is it to generate a kind of source list? I am trying to imagine when that would be useful -- to see exactly what people have been assigned a particular source? Any other reason? Thank you for your patience and help. Barton On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Steve Hayes wrote: > On 18 Dec 2015 at 10:16, BARTON LEWIS wrote: > >> Thanks. But I'm not asking where you can add the File ID. That >> information is readily available in the Help feature. What I am >> asking is, >> what is the purpose of the File ID? > > I suppose one can use it for a variety of purposes, but I use it for > the > number of a hard-copy document I file away. > > I give each such document a serial number as I file it. > > I think I mentioned in another program that I use the Research Data > Filer > program (RDF) to index the documents. It has a description of the > document, > and, and an index of persons mentioned in the document. If I use that > document as a source for information in every,y Legacy database, then > I would > give the file Id, so I can go straight to that document to see what it > says. > > > > -- > Keep well, > Steve Hayes > Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com > Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm > E-mail: sha...@dunelm.org.uk > > > > > > > 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
