Re: [LegacyUG] Research / General Notes
On 11 Jul 2016 at 13:44, R G Strong-genes wrote: > That is not entirely true, SourceWriter can create a master source for > emails as 1. Grouped by correspondent or 2. by each email. I use > sourcewriter for emails grouped by correspondent. You might want to take a > look at: 7-Other records>E-mail>Grouped by correspondent. > > I create a master source for the correspondent with their info then I use the > email for the source detail. Russ Thanks, I'll look out for that. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: sha...@dunelm.org.uk Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525 -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Research / General Notes
Hi Jenny, Thanks for your thoughts. I guess I did not make clear my concerns. I know what and how to put information into events, what I did not know was how to use email notes, etc as sources. Generally, I do not use the Source writer because it is just too much work. And I want the source of the data right under the information so there can never be any doubt where it came from - attaching stuff might get lost if I ever exit Legacy. Appreciate you taking time to write. Martha -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Research / General Notes
On 10-Jul-16 02:03 AM, Martha Graham wrote:
Good Afternoon,
The discussion on what happens to the three 'Note' sections has
encouraged me to dig deeper into finding exactly what I have put in the
Notes and where the info should really be.
Some of the Notes fall into the 'Research' Category and I have a handle
on what to do with those.
What bothers me right now and something I would like input on is the
info I have that tells me where I got information via email lists, and
direct communication with various cousins, etc.
Back in 1999 when Mail Lists were in vogue, a lot of us shared
information via them and also personal communication. Sharing sets of
files as well as gedcoms.
But, those bits and pieces wound up in General Notes because I had no
place else to put them. The info is, obviously, scattered among my
people. So, how do I preserve the original source of email addy and date
along with a brief explanation of what was sent?
If I create a general event such as 'Electronic Source' or 'Email
Communication' or something similar, will anyone know what it is 50
years from now? What about the date when I actually got the information?
For instance:
Abraham Adsit,
DOB: 3 Mar 1850, Conneaut, Crawford, PA
DOD: 9 Nov 1936, Pennsylvania
An event for the origin of the data on him and his ancestors was shared:
Abram Adsit, and ancestors courtesy of
Patricia M. Edgett - pedgett...@aol.com
13 Sep 1999
Pennsylvania
Conneaut, Crawford, PA
Thoughts?
You seem to be confusing Events with Sources. If you have a letter or
e-mail from someone, or you communicate via a mailing list, you may
receive information about various different Events or Facts. The
e-mail, letter, message board or whatever is the Source. If you use
SourceWriter, there are templates for all these different types of
Source which make it very easy to keep track and be consistent.
So you enter Abraham Adsit's date/place of birth and his date/place of
death in the relevant fields and then you attach the Source which
details who provided the information, when and how you received it and,
if you wish, a full transcript of the original message and perhaps
information about the reliability. When I get information from someone
in a letter or e-mail, for example, I add to the Source Comments
information about the sender ("Fanny Adams is a direct descendant of Joe
Bloggs, my 4th Gt Grandfather's brother".)
--
Jenny M Benson
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Re: [LegacyUG] Research / General Notes
Steve, That is not entirely true, SourceWriter can create a master source for emails as 1. Grouped by correspondent or 2. by each email. I use sourcewriter for emails grouped by correspondent. You might want to take a look at: 7-Other records>E-mail>Grouped by correspondent. I create a master source for the correspondent with their info then I use the email for the source detail. Russ -Original Message- From: Steve Hayes Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 5:43 AM To: Martha Graham ; Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Research / General Notes I don't use Sourcewriter for correspondence, because I find it too cumbersome. It tends to create a separate master source for each letter or e-mail, and that just creates digital clutter. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: sha...@dunelm.org.uk Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525 -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Research / General Notes
On 10 Jul 2016 at 1:03, Martha Graham wrote: > Back in 1999 when Mail Lists were in vogue, a lot of us shared > information via them and also personal communication. Sharing sets of > files as well as gedcoms. > > But, those bits and pieces wound up in General Notes because I had no > place else to put them. The info is, obviously, scattered among my > people. So, how do I preserve the original source of email addy and date along > with a brief explanation of what was sent? E-mails I classify as letters. I record correspondence with a particular person, whether by e-maul, snail mail or mailing list (a variant of e-mail) as one master source, as "Correspondence with Name". In the detail section I put the date of the letter or e-mail, and put relevant quotes in the "Detail Test".When I file them under dates, the date I put in the Detail section is always in -MM-DD format, which means they are sorted in date order when you look at the sources for a particular person. I don't use Sourcewriter for correspondence, because I find it too cumbersome. It tends to create a separate master source for each letter or e-mail, and that just creates digital clutter. GEDCOMs I classify separately as Gedcoms, with the name of the person I received them from and the date of the Gedcom in the Master Source. In the detail section I put the name of the person and their ID number in the Gedcom.. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: sha...@dunelm.org.uk Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525 -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
[LegacyUG] Research / General Notes
Good Afternoon, The discussion on what happens to the three 'Note' sections has encouraged me to dig deeper into finding exactly what I have put in the Notes and where the info should really be. Some of the Notes fall into the 'Research' Category and I have a handle on what to do with those. What bothers me right now and something I would like input on is the info I have that tells me where I got information via email lists, and direct communication with various cousins, etc. Back in 1999 when Mail Lists were in vogue, a lot of us shared information via them and also personal communication. Sharing sets of files as well as gedcoms. But, those bits and pieces wound up in General Notes because I had no place else to put them. The info is, obviously, scattered among my people. So, how do I preserve the original source of email addy and date along with a brief explanation of what was sent? If I create a general event such as 'Electronic Source' or 'Email Communication' or something similar, will anyone know what it is 50 years from now? What about the date when I actually got the information? For instance: Abraham Adsit, DOB: 3 Mar 1850, Conneaut, Crawford, PA DOD: 9 Nov 1936, Pennsylvania An event for the origin of the data on him and his ancestors was shared: Abram Adsit, and ancestors courtesy of Patricia M. Edgett - pedgett...@aol.com 13 Sep 1999 Pennsylvania Conneaut, Crawford, PA Thoughts? Martha In Los Osos, CA -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
