As a lumper, I do something similar to Arnold. I name them based on type, location, and title. Works for me.
Births-IA-Births and christenings, 1830-1950 (FamilySearch) Births-MD-Dept. of Health birth certificates Newspapers-IL-Illinois State Journal (GenealogyBank) US Federal Census-1850-OH-Carroll Co. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Don Quigley <dwquig...@cox.net> wrote: > Curiosity question: How do other Legacy users quickly find a Master Source > for editing or selecting for a citation? > > > > I have always prefixed my Source List Names with the File ID – ex. “2423 – > 1920 US Census, Parks Bar Twp., Yuba Co., CA – Three Scott Families” – > which is also part of the attached media name – ex. 2423_IMG.jpg (obviously > I’m a splitter, not a lumper). That makes finding the source easy, but a > list of all source names, sorted alpha-numerically, looks > “helter-skelter.” When sorted by the text after the File ID, the source > names are better organized and visually useful in finding typos and > inconsistencies in data entry. But then it seems much harder to find > particular sources for editing or citation selection. > > > > I’ve suggested to the Legacy folks that a “search by File ID” ability > would be very useful (and it would solve my problem). But until that > happens I’m looking for ideas from other users. > > > > One caveat – I can’t use source details for “primary” source information > and attached media (ie, no lumping) as my TNG website won’t “see” media > attached to source details in a GEDCOM, just the Detail Information and > Text/Comments. > > > > Donald Quigley > > Escondido, CA > > Quigley Doyle Family Tree <http://www.donquigley.net/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > >
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