Re: [LegacyUG] Rookie mistake - how to cite?

[Ed Ladendorf]

Thanks Margaret. That will come in handy, but not for the records I have.
They came from mid 1850s German congregation churches in Chicago. But I'll
surely use your suggestion.

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Margaret Turner 
wrote:

> I would search FamilySearch, ancestry, eg. https://familysearch.org/wiki/
> en/Top_Genealogy_Websites_for_Finding_Ancestors_in_Germany f
> or the individuals to whom you have the sources attached.
> :)
> Margaret
>
>
> On 26 May 2017 at 01:02, Jenny M Benson  wrote:
>
>> On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote:
>>
>>>  1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4
>>> records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are
>>> written in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I
>>> found the records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy
>>> of the records themselves. I did not record where I found them.
>>> Yesterday I spent an hour or so trying to find the records again, so
>>> I could properly cite them, but no luck. Obviously, the events did
>>> happen because I have the printed records. But if I can't find them
>>> online, surely another person would have a hard, if not impossible
>>> time finding them. Since some citing of records is better than none,
>>> how can / I cite those elusive records? They pertain to marriages
>>> and christenings./
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The first thing I would do is publish as much as you know in as many
>> places as possible - mailing lists, newsgroups, FB, blog etc - to see if
>> someone else can help you find the elusive records.  (I have just received
>> invaluable information which traced a relative by posting a request on a
>> genealogy newsgroup.)
>>
>> Failing finding the source of your printout, I would cite that printed
>> image as the Source, with explanation in the Source Comments.  If you use
>> SourceWriter You could adapt one of the "Church Record" templates, but I
>> think I'd be inclined to use one from "Photographs, Portraits & Sketches"
>> since what you have is, to all intents and purposes, a photograph (of a
>> record.)
>>
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>> http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
>>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Rookie mistake - how to cite?

[Margaret Turner]

I would search FamilySearch, ancestry, eg.
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Top_Genealogy_Websites_for_Finding_Ancestors_in_Germany
 f
or the individuals to whom you have the sources attached.
:)
Margaret


On 26 May 2017 at 01:02, Jenny M Benson  wrote:

> On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote:
>
>>  1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4
>> records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are
>> written in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I
>> found the records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy
>> of the records themselves. I did not record where I found them.
>> Yesterday I spent an hour or so trying to find the records again, so
>> I could properly cite them, but no luck. Obviously, the events did
>> happen because I have the printed records. But if I can't find them
>> online, surely another person would have a hard, if not impossible
>> time finding them. Since some citing of records is better than none,
>> how can / I cite those elusive records? They pertain to marriages
>> and christenings./
>>
>>
>>
>> The first thing I would do is publish as much as you know in as many
> places as possible - mailing lists, newsgroups, FB, blog etc - to see if
> someone else can help you find the elusive records.  (I have just received
> invaluable information which traced a relative by posting a request on a
> genealogy newsgroup.)
>
> Failing finding the source of your printout, I would cite that printed
> image as the Source, with explanation in the Source Comments.  If you use
> SourceWriter You could adapt one of the "Church Record" templates, but I
> think I'd be inclined to use one from "Photographs, Portraits & Sketches"
> since what you have is, to all intents and purposes, a photograph (of a
> record.)
>
> --
> Jenny M Benson
> http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Rookie mistake - how to cite?

[Ed Ladendorf]

Thank you Jenny. Another problem I have is that the events took place in
Chicago, and all records except some church records (and other possible
private records) were destroyed by the great Chicago fire of 1871, making
it harder to find anything before that time period. This thread could be a
good lesson for newbies.

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jenny M Benson 
wrote:

> On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote:
>
>>  1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4
>> records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are
>> written in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I
>> found the records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy
>> of the records themselves. I did not record where I found them.
>> Yesterday I spent an hour or so trying to find the records again, so
>> I could properly cite them, but no luck. Obviously, the events did
>> happen because I have the printed records. But if I can't find them
>> online, surely another person would have a hard, if not impossible
>> time finding them. Since some citing of records is better than none,
>> how can / I cite those elusive records? They pertain to marriages
>> and christenings./
>>
>>
>>
>> The first thing I would do is publish as much as you know in as many
> places as possible - mailing lists, newsgroups, FB, blog etc - to see if
> someone else can help you find the elusive records.  (I have just received
> invaluable information which traced a relative by posting a request on a
> genealogy newsgroup.)
>
> Failing finding the source of your printout, I would cite that printed
> image as the Source, with explanation in the Source Comments.  If you use
> SourceWriter You could adapt one of the "Church Record" templates, but I
> think I'd be inclined to use one from "Photographs, Portraits & Sketches"
> since what you have is, to all intents and purposes, a photograph (of a
> record.)
>
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> http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
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Re: [LegacyUG] Rookie mistake - how to cite?

[Jenny M Benson]

On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote:

 1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4
records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are
written in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I
found the records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy
of the records themselves. I did not record where I found them.
Yesterday I spent an hour or so trying to find the records again, so
I could properly cite them, but no luck. Obviously, the events did
happen because I have the printed records. But if I can't find them
online, surely another person would have a hard, if not impossible
time finding them. Since some citing of records is better than none,
how can / I cite those elusive records? They pertain to marriages
and christenings./



The first thing I would do is publish as much as you know in as many 
places as possible - mailing lists, newsgroups, FB, blog etc - to see if 
someone else can help you find the elusive records.  (I have just 
received invaluable information which traced a relative by posting a 
request on a genealogy newsgroup.)


Failing finding the source of your printout, I would cite that printed 
image as the Source, with explanation in the Source Comments.  If you 
use SourceWriter You could adapt one of the "Church Record" templates, 
but I think I'd be inclined to use one from "Photographs, Portraits & 
Sketches" since what you have is, to all intents and purposes, a 
photograph (of a record.)


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[LegacyUG] Rookie mistake - how to cite?

[Ed Ladendorf]

   1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4
   records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are written
   in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I found the
   records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy of the records
   themselves. I did not record where I found them. Yesterday I spent an hour
   or so trying to find the records again, so I could properly cite them, but
   no luck. Obviously, the events did happen because I have the printed
   records. But if I can't find them online, surely another person would have
   a hard, if not impossible time finding them. Since some citing of records
   is better than none, how can * I cite those elusive records? They
   pertain to marriages and christenings.*
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Re: [LegacyUG] Conversion of Events to Stories

[Richard Yardley]

Thanks Cathy.

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Conversion of Events to Stories

 

No Richard.
One by one, copy and paste.

You could search to find your particular Event and then do it from the Search 
list which would be quicker than other ways probably.

Cathy

Richard Yardley wrote:




I have just upgraded to Legacy 9 and am keen to use the Stories field. 
In the earlier versions I created an event called “General Notes” with 
no formatting and used it to record my narratives – but these were not 
strictly events. My question is – is there a simple way to 
copy/convert these “General Notes” events into Stories?

Regards, Richard Yardley

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Re: [LegacyUG] Conversion of Events to Stories

[Cathy Pinner]

No Richard.
One by one, copy and paste.

You could search to find your particular Event and then do it from the 
Search list which would be quicker than other ways probably.


Cathy

Richard Yardley wrote:


I have just upgraded to Legacy 9 and am keen to use the Stories field.
In the earlier versions I created an event called “General Notes” with
no formatting and used it to record my narratives – but these were not
strictly events. My question is – is there a simple way to
copy/convert these “General Notes” events into Stories?

Regards, Richard Yardley
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[LegacyUG] Conversion of Events to Stories

[Richard Yardley]

I have just upgraded to Legacy 9 and am keen to use the Stories field. In
the earlier versions I created an event called "General Notes" with no
formatting and used it to record my narratives - but these were not strictly
events. My question is - is there a simple way to copy/convert these
"General Notes" events into Stories?

Regards, Richard Yardley

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Hints

[Cathy Pinner]

Marion,

I don't use 2 monitors but I understand the only solution currently is 
to use Legacy on the monitor that gets the pop-ups.

I understand this applies to some other programs as well.

Cathy

marion wimsett wrote:


Cathy, I was on the Family View - had a look at the Descendant View
and have found the problem - I have two monitors and the pop ups are
just sneaking on to the other monitor! Not sure how I can persuade
them to move over
Thanks for that - my bad!
Cheers,
Marion

On 25 May 2017 at 16:45, Cathy Pinner > wrote:

Which view are you on Marion?

They pop up on Family View and Pedigree View but on Index View,
Descendant View and the Name List there is a pop up saying to
click to see hint results.

Note Hints have been tweaked since the Manual was written.
For latest Help see the Help in the program and even that may not
be up with the latest tweaks.

Cathy


marion wimsett wrote:



According to the Manual

If you hover your mouse over the icon, a quick summary of the
number of

hints and where they were found is shown in a popup tooltip.

Nothing pops up when I hover - I have to actually click on the Hints
icon to see what has been found. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks,

Marion



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Re: [LegacyUG] Hints

[marion wimsett]

Cathy, I was on the Family View - had a look at the Descendant View and
have found the problem - I have two monitors and the pop ups are just
sneaking on to the other monitor! Not sure how I can persuade them to move
over
Thanks for that - my bad!
Cheers,
Marion

On 25 May 2017 at 16:45, Cathy Pinner  wrote:

> Which view are you on Marion?
>
> They pop up on Family View and Pedigree View but on Index View, Descendant
> View and the Name List there is a pop up saying to click to see hint
> results.
>
> Note Hints have been tweaked since the Manual was written.
> For latest Help see the Help in the program and even that may not be up
> with the latest tweaks.
>
> Cathy
>
>
> marion wimsett wrote:
>
>
> According to the Manual
>
> If you hover your mouse over the icon, a quick summary of the number of
>
> hints and where they were found is shown in a popup tooltip.
>
> Nothing pops up when I hover - I have to actually click on the Hints
> icon to see what has been found. Is anyone else having this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marion
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Hints

[Cathy Pinner]

Which view are you on Marion?

They pop up on Family View and Pedigree View but on Index View, 
Descendant View and the Name List there is a pop up saying to click to 
see hint results.


Note Hints have been tweaked since the Manual was written.
For latest Help see the Help in the program and even that may not be up 
with the latest tweaks.


Cathy

marion wimsett wrote:


According to the Manual

If you hover your mouse over the icon, a quick summary of the number of

hints and where they were found is shown in a popup tooltip.

Nothing pops up when I hover - I have to actually click on the Hints
icon to see what has been found. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks,

Marion
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[LegacyUG] Hints

[marion wimsett]

According to the Manual

If you hover your mouse over the icon, a quick summary of the number of
hints and where they were found is shown in a popup tooltip.

Nothing pops up when I hover - I have to actually click on the Hints icon
to see what has been found. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks,

Marion
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