Thank you Brian, but what I wrote is accurate. In the Basic Source, the Source Detail text box of the Detail Information tab, there is a limit. Many of the source - citations written for FamilySearch documents cannot be recorded unless shortened, such as :
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XK-WR8 : 12 December 2014), Jesse J Longnecker, 1917-1918; citing Ottowa County no 1, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,806. Instead, that source - citation from FamilySearch records only the following in the Source Detail text box because of the character limits: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XK-WR8 : 12 December 2014), Jesse J Longnecker, 1917-1918; citing Ottowa County no 1, Michigan, United States, N I reported this situation many months ago and the problem is already confirmed and on the list. Denise -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Brian Kelly Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 10:09 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citations from Hints in v.9? Denise, The source text in all sources Basic and SourceWriter are allowed to contain 1,000,000 characters. You may be confusing the "Source text" with the Source detail field which is limited to 255 Characters or the Publication Facts field which is limited to 248 characters. Long citations copied from FamilySearch into those shorter fields may not fit but any citation should fit in the Citation Text. You can see the limits of the fields in Legacy in the Help file. Open help and look for capacities. Brian Kelly On 10-May-17 12:57 PM, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote: > Gene, > > Do you use Source Writer or the Basic Source tool? > > snip > > If you use the Basic Source tool, you can cut and paste a source and > citation created by an individual online service. FamilySearch already > has such pre-written source – citations for each document found, > although most source – citations are longer than Legacy will allow in > the Source Detail text box. None of the other services (MyHeritage, > FindMyPast, or GenealogyBank) offer pre-written source - citations > for their found data. > > snip > > Denise > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup > [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] > *On Behalf Of *Gene Wheeler > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 9, 2017 7:23 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Citations from Hints in v.9? > > Carrie, > > Yes, I'm well aware of that. I just thought it would be nice if, along > with the hint content, Legacy might provide the appropriate citation. > Probably asking for too much. > > Gene -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
