Thanks for the templates. I am starting to look through them and the first one I looked at I have a question.
There seems to be allot of redundancy with putting Rootsweb.com name every where. I use the respository for that and there I can also record the URL as it has a place for it and when you click on it, it will take you to that web page. Source name I leave at Social Security Death Index as this is a general master source that I use for all my details for different individuals to attach to. That way it minimises the number of records stored and duplication of data. Why do you put the information of the SSN and the person in the details when it is already recorded in the person's personal information? I will usually put the volume and certificate number if there is one and my document file # that I use to be able to find the document when I need to. Thanks Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:26 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering/Formatting Source Information > Polly and others, > > Evidence is a wonderful guide for sources. However, currently Legacy's > citations will not print exactly according to Ms. Mill's guidelines. We > hope to do this in the future. I, too, wanted to get as close to her > guidelines, so I developed my own personal templates which show how to > enter various sources. These templates were so helpful for myself, that > they've now been posted at > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsSourceSamples.asp. Of course, these > examples will not follow exactly her guidelines, but as she wrote to a > mailing list just yesterday: > > Once we *understand the principles for citing sources* > we can take a basic model and adapt it to whatever > country, whatever archive [whatever source - added by Geoff]. > > The entire Legacy's Ultimate Guide to Sources CD is devoted to teaching > about sources. An upcoming CD will teach methodologies, principles, and > data entry guidelines for census records, city directories, pension > records, and much more. > > To answer your questions about footnotes vs. endnotes vs. > bibliographies: Legacy currently only does endnotes. An endnote is a > citation, with its detail (page number, etc.) which is published at the > end of a report. A footnote would be identical, but published at the > bottom of a page. A bibliography would be a list of sources cited, but > do not include the footnotes/endnotes, and are formatted differently. > Again, our Millennia team hopes to incorporate these various styles in > the future. > > I hope this has been somewhat enlightening. > > Sincerely, > > Geoff Rasmussen > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Polly > Held > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:39 PM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: [LegacyUG] Entering/Formatting Source Information > > I am having difficulty entering source information so that it will print > out on reports in source citations in the format suggested by Elizabeth > Shown Mills in her book Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family > Historian. I think I am getting tripped up by terminology. "Source > citations" in Legacy, I assume (perhaps incorrectly) are what are known > as "endnotes" or "footnotes" and are different from bibliographic > sources usually printed at the end of a document - correct? > > If I want to print endnotes or footnotes (Legacy source citations) in > the following format, where and how do I enter the information: > > This example is for a census source (format according to Ms. Mills, > fictitious data from my imagination): > > 1. John Smith household, 1850 U. S. census, Oneida County, > New York, population schedule, Sangerfield township, Waterville post > office, page 42, dwelling 10, family 2; National Archives > micropublication M1401, roll 389. > > What goes in the master source and where, what goes in the event source, > event source detail, etc. (and where) for John Smith? > > Polly Held > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
