Thanks for that, Ron. At least now I'm re-checking my sources with a grin.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Ron Ferguson
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:37 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Surprise
Kirsten Bowman wrote:
>> Confessions of a sinner . . .
>>
>> I've been an advocate of a rather cavalier approach to use of
>> Legacy's source templates, primarily by putting data in any field
>> you wish (regardless of field name) as long as the resulting
>> citation format is what you want. Now that's come back to bite me
>> to a small degree, so here's fair warning to other "disregarders of
>> the system." When GEDCOMs are created in Legacy and uploaded to
>> RootsWeb WorldConnect, those source template field names are
>> included in the published citation with their GEDCOM tag. One
>> thing I particularly dislike is that the informal Source List Name
>> is included in the citation unless you *exclude* the ABBREV tag when
>> creating the GEDCOM. This could give a fairly startling effect if
>> you use an informal name like "Grandpa's fuzzy recollections"
>> thinking that it would be easy to remember and wouldn't print
>> anywhere. I'd expect that the same would apply to uploads at other
>> online sites.
>>
>> Fortunately I haven't gone overboard, but a review and re-think is
>> definitely in order.
>>
>> Kirsten
>>
I'm not at all sure about the need for a rethink, Kirsten. I think
"Grandpa's fuzzy recollections" will look pretty good and a lot less boring
than some of the stuff. And as a description it's possibly much more
accurate than some of the other assertions which I have seen.
Yup, all in all, I approve :-)
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