There are two buttons with horizontal bars, one has a single bar and
that one will only assign the clipboard source to the currently selected
field. the one with three bars is below that single bar button, it will
assign the clipboard source to all date, including any entered events.
The button with the solid square will assign the clipboard source to the
"unspecified" field. This is a general assignment to the person not a
specific piece of data.
Are you sure you are clicking on the button with three bars when you
only get the source assigned to a single piece of data?
Brian Kelly
On 27-Jul-17 10:41 AM, Dennis Birke wrote:
Leon, regarding your first option, you say that “1 click on triple bar on left
side of data entry screen assigns the clipboard source to all the fields for
that person.”
When I try this, the clipboard source is copied into only one field – the field
where the arrow is then located. I understood you to be saying that if I
proceeded in the manner you suggested, the clipboard source would be copied
into every field where data had been entered for that person. Is that correct?
If so, what do you think I’m doing wrong?
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Leon Chapman
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:03 AM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a Source
You MUST cite each piece of data for every person.
You can do the sourcing in a few different ways.
1. Source each person and their data as you enter them using 1 master source &
clipboard - this is what I would do. This is pretty easy - create the master
source and copy it to the clipboard. Enter each person’s data and 1 click on
triple bar on left side of data entry screen assigns the clipboard source to all
the fields for that person. So, basically, it is 1 more click on data entry to
assign the source to that persons data.
2. Create a blank Legacy database and enter all the new people and then create
1 master source
A. Then, source everyone and all their data using advanced sourcing.
B. Import these people into your main database (Note: you will need one
common person in both databases to aid with the import/merging of people.
3. You can enter all the new people without any sourcing
A. Create 1 master source for these people
B. Tag all Descendants from the oldest person (sister) that gave you the
information (Tag all of the new people with Tag 1)
C. Use Advanced Sourcing (From Tools) and assign the new source to
everyone with a Tag 1 and all their data fields.
Any of these options work, but Options 2 and 3 require a little more knowledge
of importing / merging / Tagging / Sourcing. If you have less that about 15-20
people, I would use option 1. When you more than 20 people, then option 2 or 3
will be much easier to accomplish the sourcing of everyone’s information.
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
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