Hi Steve,
It seems to me that which way to source is an on going question and is very
much a matter of personal chaoice and where the main output from the
research is to be used. If, for example, I was to have an individual master
source for all people who corresponded with me via letters emails etc. then
I would have a large number of master sources. As my main output will be a
website this I do not want.
Instead I have a master sources called letters, emails etc. and in the
detail go the names etc of the correspondants, the repository is, of course,
always me. This saves a lot of web space. As a previous correspondent has
said, the main aim is to enable a reader to find the source - whatever
system is used if it does that it is doing its job.
Ron Ferguson
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From: "Steve Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:31:11 +0200
On 5 Jun 2006 at 19:44, winmcl wrote:
> Gail:
> Your emails on sourcing has been most interesting and informative, but
> I have one question concerning Personal Correspondence. You say that in
the
> Master Source you put Personal Correspondence in the Source Name List
and the
> title. Nothing else. All the other information you enter in Source
Detail for
> various contacts you make with various persons. Then you have one
Master
> Source and an abundance of contacts in Source Details so there aren't
too many
> Master Sources. But you put each contacts address in the Repository. How
do
> you do that if you put nothing in the Master Source, but the words
Personal
> Correspondence? Their is no Repository in Source Detail unless they have
added
> it to Legacy 6. I am using Legacy 5 which could be my reason for not
> understanding.I think you have excellent ideas, but I do not unerstand
how
> this can work. Please clarify this issue for me. I will much appreciate
more
> information so I can have abetter understanding of your method. Thank
you.
I use a different method:
I put the correspondent's name in the master source record, and the date of
the letter in the detailed record, in year-month-day order, so that if
there
are several lettters they show up in date order.
--
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