I've been using Legacy for several years, but I'm only beginning to cite sources. So, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to handle citations. Here is the situation I'm currently grappling with:
Until recently, my family database did not include information about the descendants of one of my great-grandfather's sisters. I recently connected with the daughter of the sister and she has provided me with fairly complete information about all of the sister's descendants - about 40 people when you include spouses. (You can imagine my delight in getting this treasure trove of information in one fell swoop!) Since this information was fairly hard to come by, I'd like to cite the source (i.e., personal correspondence from the daughter). But, it feels like "overkill" to generate a citation to this source for each of four or five fields of data for each of about 40 people. That's a lot of repetitive work (even when using the clipboard) and that will generate a lot of duplicate footnotes in a descendants report (which is the type of report I most frequently generate). So, I have been considering preparing one citation (probably connected with the sister) saying something like: "Unless otherwise noted, all cited information regarding [Sister X} and her descendants was obtained from [Name of daughter] by letter dated ____." The problem I see with this approach is that for certain kinds of reports, the single citation tied to the sister may not be included in the report and there will be nothing cited for a the many descendants. How would those of you familiar with citation practices handle this situation? Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
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