RE: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources

2006-11-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Kirsten, This is a matter of personal choice. I, seemingly like yourself, do not wish to have a large number Master Sources and, therefore use a generic source. The specific name of the item being placed in the detail together with other information relating to the source. Others have exactly

Re: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources

2006-11-04 Thread Gail Rich Nestor
I always like to weigh on these sourcing questions because they are near and dear to my heart. I suppose I take the middle ground with master sources, but I stay consistent within each source type. For example, I do not have a single master source for *all* newspapers, but instead I have a

RE: [LegacyUG] Can't find sources after install restore

2006-11-04 Thread Sherry/Support
Kay, The sources are in the Family File itself. Check the option you have selected on the Master Source window. Do you have any of the filters set under Show Only?? Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't find sources after install restore

2006-11-04 Thread Kay Fordham
Sherry, When I first opened the database the sources did not appear. Rebooted and there they were. I don't know how this could have happened but all is back to normal. Thanks for your feedback. Kay - Original Message - From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday,

[LegacyUG] help file

2006-11-04 Thread Randolph Clark
In help for the Source Clipboard under Using One Source the second instance of #2 would seem to exhibit the wrong button for assigning the source to every field. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our

RE: [LegacyUG] Quoted Given names, Middle names, Nicknames

2006-11-04 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Strictly from an editorial point of view, I really dislike seeing things in quotes unless they are actually quotations. To my mind the old rule always subconsciously comes in to play, Quotation marks destroy credibility. To demonstrate . . . John and his wife spent the night at a motel. or John

Re: [LegacyUG] help file

2006-11-04 Thread Randolph Clark
Ron, What I saw was another solid square and not the one w. 3 stripes?On 11/4/06, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Seems correct to me. The one with 3 stripes is the one to use for applying the same source to multiple fields.Ron

Re: [LegacyUG] help file

2006-11-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Strange, on mine the central line is lighter to avoid it looking like a blob. I should perhaps add that because of my aging eyes (they are now 30 instead of 18 - I wish) I have my screen resolution set to 120DPI to make everything bigger. Ron Ferguson

[LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Gail: I've read your other posts regarding source formatting but didn't fully appreciate the dilemma until I began to consider grouping some of my own sources under generic headings. That seems to be where the citation format difficulty crops up, so now I feel your pain. And Ron: I found lots

RE: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Kirsten, I have a problem in answering your question, this is probably because my intention in reports is not to write literature. which may mean that I do not see awkward results. The other factor is that my main output is towards my website and I go by what it looks like in that. So, my

RE: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Kirsten, Sorry, the correct URL is http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/genealogy/509.htm I blame the cold which I've got! Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New

RE: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread Jane Fabiano-Turner
I can't access this site either. Would love to read more? Jane From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (please note my new email) Visit my websites: www.wmwebmasters.com Visit my scrapbook blog at: http://janesscrapbook.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread ronald ferguson
I really should be in bed!! it should be 509.html at the end ie http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/genealogy/509.html and this does work (at leat for me) Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:

Re: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources

2006-11-04 Thread Bruce Jones
Two comments: 1. From personal experience, I have found that changing from lumping (fewer Master Sources) to splitting (more Master Sources) is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more difficult that changing from splitting to lumping (which is a piece of cake). This implies that until you are sure how you want

Re: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread Patricia Hickin
I notice you say Abt - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron) I really should be in bed!! it should be 509.html

Fw: [LegacyUG] Organizing Master Sources (for Gail and Ron)

2006-11-04 Thread Patricia Hickin
I'm not going to try to finish this message -- this just disappeared and I found it in my sent box -- and I knew to look there first because I'm suddenly sending all sorts of incomplete messages to all sorts of people. So just ignore and accept my apologies, please! Pat - Original Message