Re: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
You don't say how you are adding the data. If it is in a Gedcom-type download, at the import time, a source 'named' Mary's e-mail, and will be added automatically to each person, in a few different flavors of input. If you are keying by hand, just remember to add it to each. I usually forget one or

RE: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread Cathy
Hi Debbie, On import you have two different options to autosource the file. You can attach a source to the Unspecified field OR you can attach a source to every piece of data. (or you can do this with Advanced Sourcing) I don't like either way as it still brings their sources in as if they ar

Re: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
You can do this to a gedcom at the time you import into Legacy. Alternatively, you can do this through Advanced Sourcing on the Tools menu. I learned this by searching in the Help file for "Sources" and scrolling until I saw one that I thought might provide the answer I needed - try Advanced So

RE: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread Debbie Freeman
Ron wrote: Debbie, This may well be too late for you or perhaps not applicable but if you were sent a Gedcom or a Legacy Export, when you Import there is a bar on one of the screens called "Auto Source" which enables you to put any source you like into the unspecified field. Otherwise I am afrai

Re: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread Jenny M Benson
Debbie Freeman wrote Is there a way to create a universal source called Jane Smith, and source everyone in the file in one or two steps? I'm not sure if there is a way to do if for an existing family file, but you could have done it at the time of importing the Gedcom to create you new file.

RE: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread ronald ferguson
w/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Universal Source option > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13

[LegacyUG] Universal Source option

2008-04-14 Thread Debbie Freeman
Hello Everyone, I recently created a new Legacy family file. A fellow researcher who might be a cousin was kind enough to share her information on her family. I would like to properly source this new file. Is there a way to create a universal source called Jane Smith, and source everyone in th