John, I think this is an idea that hits us all when we get to the point where we have a large number of sources. While creating Master Sources and including differing data as details to that source, looks like a good way to go, I personally think it makes your work harder rather than simpler. A source is nothing more than a record that supports a fact you have discovered for a person. Typically the source boils down to a sheet or two of paper in your files with a reference in your database. Regardless of what you do with consolidation in the database, all the sheets of paper remain. The way you have it now makes it simple to get to the paper. Once consolidated, it will be more difficult to drill down to the sheet of paper you are looking for. I tried consolidation at one point and quickly decided against it.
On 5/25/06, john murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hello Ron Ferguson and list Thank you for letting me know that I am now on the list as I have not been able to make contact for several months I would like a little help please. I have many sources such as 1861 census 10 Every street, Manchester, Lancashire, Smith Family 1861 Census 22 Brown street, Manchester, Lancashire, Jones Family Etc I have all the census set this way As a result I now have hundreds of Sources I would like to change them to such names as Lancashire,Manchester- 1861 - UK Census (and leave out the family names and the street) In this way I could shorten my Master Sources List quite dramatically I would want to do this for all my Counties and just have the major towns shown as above Is there an easy way to change them OR do I have to retype every entry of the Master Source Hope this is clear enough of what I wish to do Regards John Manchester England _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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