RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread Valerie Garton
2007 11:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Valerie Garton wrote >Yes I know it is my list and I can do it any way I like so long as >anyone can find the information BUT I would like some input as to how >others hav

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread Jenny M Benson
Valerie Garton wrote Yes I know it is my list and I can do it any way I like so long as anyone can find the information BUT I would like some input as to how others have managed the IGI as a Master Source. Source List Name: International Genealogical Index Author: The Church of Jesus Christ

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread Michele Lewis
I do use the IGI as a TEMPORARY master source. I search through the Legacy program itself and it will automatically format the IGI source for you. michele - Original Message - From: "Valerie Garton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 6:42 AM Subject: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread Wynthner
I'd probably commit suicide before using the IGI as a Master Source! I add an event to the person called Verify and list all IGI info in that event as a task to be verified. Indexes (of any kind) are not sources but merely clues and hints to the original documents which ARE sources and which I p

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread Valerie Garton
Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2007 12:22 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI I do use the IGI as a TEMPORARY master source. I search through the Legacy program itself and it will automatically format the IGI source for you. mic

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I agree with the concept. On my own, I use the IGI as a tool to find real sources and remove (or subplant) the IGI with VR and census. but I will never finish all that is needed in my lifetime, so I am leaving a path for the future. The data worldwide is becoming easier to get photocopies in replac

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread Valerie Garton
Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2007 9:34 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Because at least 95% of my 25000 people have an IGI appearance, I put this note in my Publication Facts for my IGI stuff. " IGI is my name for the melti

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-07 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Because at least 95% of my 25000 people have an IGI appearance, I put this note in my Publication Facts for my IGI stuff. " IGI is my name for the melting pot of LDS databases, including Ancestral File, various census' and various connected databases. Because the LDS may change the names of various

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread M. Brenzel
@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI I'd probably commit suicide before using the IGI as a Master Source! I add an event to the person called Verify and list all IGI info in that event as a task to be verified. Indexes (of any kind) are not sources but m

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Valerie Garton
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of M. Brenzel Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2007 1:30 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Why? Why is the IGI any different than a family member saying that something ha

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Michele Lewis
Valerie, I use the IGI as a source and have no problems doing that :) I use it as a temporary source. I need to know WHERE I got the info. Let's say it is a marriage. I find it on the IGI. I add it to my file and let Legacy fill out the source for me (it will do this if you search the IGI

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Valerie Garton
: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Valerie, I use the IGI as a source and have no problems doing that :) I use it as a temporary source. I need to know WHERE I got the info. Let's say it is a marriage. I find it on the IGI. I add it to my file and let Legacy fill out t

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Michele Lewis
OTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:24 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Thanks for your kind reply Michele. Un fortunately the IGI information I have is already in Legacy which I am wanting to tidy this up first. However I will be adding

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Valerie Garton
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2007 8:36 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Ok then! How about adding one IGI source through Legacy and then use that as a template to go in and reformat the

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread ronald ferguson
Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI > Date: Sun, 9 D

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Valerie Garton
mber 2007 8:36 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Ok then! How about adding one IGI source through Legacy and then use that as a template to go in and reformat the ones you already have. The only thing that you will nee

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Valerie Garton
ast, Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2007 8:46 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Well put,

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Michele Lewis
hrough the matches one at a time and compare the info to what you have. michele :) - Original Message - From: "Valerie Garton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Secondly

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread Valerie Garton
y, 9 December 2007 1:11 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI At the very top of the screen on the address bar (the same line where FILE EDIT ADD VIEW are) Click SEARCH then at the very bottom you will see SEARCH THE IGI WEBSITE.

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-08 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
y > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of > Wynthner > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 8:16 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source > of the IGI > &g

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-09 Thread Kirsten Bowman
007 11:02 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI It is NO different, but some researchers, a lot of them NEWBIES, find the IGI and give it as much or more credability than hearsay or undocumented notes. By the time they understand wh

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-09 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
RICHARD > SCHULTHIES > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 11:02 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source > of the IGI > > > It is NO different, but some researchers, a lot of > them NEWBIES, find the IGI and give

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-09 Thread Michele Lewis
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RICHARD SCHULTHIES Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 11:02 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI It is NO different, but some researchers, a lot of them NEWBIES, find the IGI and give it as much or more cred

Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-09 Thread Wynthner
ecember 7, 2007 8:29:57 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI Why? Why is the IGI any different than a family member saying that something happened on such-and-such date? List the event as you would any other bit of information and put the IGI as a source. If this is a b

RE: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI

2007-12-09 Thread M. Brenzel
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a Master Source of the IGI I actually treat both the same. If Aunt Mary tells me that Cousin John was born then I make an event "InfoRcvd" that records the fact that Mary s