Debbie, As Geoff says, that Master Source name was a suggestion, not a rule. You will find a good number of persons on this list do indeed source it that way. And then there are others, like me, who don't want a thousand Master Sources in their list! I have done what you do, which is to call my master source, for example, "1900 USA Federal Census". In my Source detail, I list what I feel is necessary for someone else to find the record, either online or from microfilm. So, for example, I put in "Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T623 672; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 1081; dwelling 269, family 284, William Veno household [indexed as Willian Veno]; digital image, Ancestry.com (accessed 2 Aug 2005)."
If you have been consistent in providing your readers a way to find the source themselves, then you don't really need to redo your work. If all you did was simply state the name of the census, i.e. "1850 U.S. Federal Census", then that really isn't enough information, and you should add more data in the detail field. As for your question, if you do decide to change the Master Source style to the format cited by the training video, I would try to figure out what county you found most of your sources in, and change the master to that county. That might save you 10% of the editing. But then you will have to follow up by citing new master sources for the other 90%, and erasing the old source citation, especially before you share your data! Susan On 10/4/05, Debbie Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Advise gratefully needed. > > Could anyone advise me in the best way to correct my U.S. Federal > Census Sources in the Legacy Source section? > > I have learned quite a bit now that I have watched the training > videos. I now need to correct/change all my U.S. Federal Census > sources. I have been using "1850 U.S. Federal Census" as the Source > name instead of "Wayne Co., IL - 1850 U.S. Federal Census". > > So as you can guess I have a lot of work ahead of me. I could not > find an easy way (edit button, or a handy little arrow on the source > List name window) to correct my mistake. It looks like I will need to > correct my sources person by person, each individual source at a time. > > Debbie Freeman 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
