Gail,
I have been struggling with this as well. I was so excited about Legacy
when I first started using it a few months ago, that I entered source
information for census information, trying to figure out how the sources
worked. Then I purchased the training CD's and saw the way it's done on
the Ultimate Guide to Sources CD, and redid all my sources according to
that format. Then I received Evidence! as a birthday gift, and started
working with it. So I'm on my third round of figuring out sources, and
I'm still not sure what the answer is.
In order to get the end result to appear in the format used in Evidence!
I made "cheat sheets" that would remind me which information to put into
which fields. However, this resulted in using a unique Master Source for
each head of household (I am using census examples rather than cemetery)
which defeats the advantage of the Master Sources. Also, I needed to
enter information in fields that don't match, for example, Author
becomes the name of the head of household, etc.
I have two reservations about doing this, (1) how does this affect Ibid
in the Source List and (2) my friend brought up the fact that future
versions may handle the fields differently than they are handled now,
which would re-arrange the output of the sources - a major consideration.
I would prefer to have a way to print out the sources as they appear in
Evidence!. Thank you for letting me know I'm not the only one who would
like to be able to "standardize" my citations.
- Lynn Magnuson
Seattle, Washington
Gail Nestor wrote:
Is there a way to rearrange the order of the Source Citation output
given the following inputs:
Input fields used:
Source List Name: State, County, Town - Cemetery
Type: Cemetery
Author: [blank]
Title: Cemetery, Town, County, State
Publication: [blank]
Citation Detail: John Doe tombstone, block X, lot Y, photographed by
[me], date
Output: Cemetery, Town, County, State, John Doe tombstone, block X,
lot Y, photographed by [me], date
Here's how I would like it to read (using Mills' suggested citation
format in "Evidence"):
John Doe tombstone, block X, lot Y, Cemetery, Town, County, State;
photographed by [me], date
Note that the Citation Source is sandwiched in between the Citation
Detail. I would prefer not to create a separate source for each
stone. It's handy to me for each cemetery, not each individual stone,
to serve as a source.
Is there a way to get the output I want without having to rig the
input fields? What have others done who are trying to conform with
the current genealogical citation standards? I'd love some ideas!
Gail Rich Nestor
Smyrna, Georgia
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