---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ SOURCE VS DOCUMENTS: At 03:37 PM 10/30/98 +0300, you wrote: >I like very much the two-level Source Editor. But do not understand, why the >Document Editor remains one level. I think that two-level Document Editor >would be at least as useful. (Just for example: Parochial Birth Register - >almost always you get information about several persons from one volume >which covers tens of years. Than it is necessary put every every foliant as >separate document - but they are in fact in one volume, which is archived as >one item. The two-level document editor would solve that.) > >May be I do not understand difference between sources and documents? Maybe >the example above is Source? If so, can anybody explain to me what are >documents and what are sources? Thank you. Using your example above I would not put a Parish Register as a Document. I would list them all as sources. Examples: This entry goes into the "Reference": "Parish Register", Sogn Parish Church, Hole, Rogaland, Norway, 1623-1850. Then under the detail records go things like: p. 24. p. 56. Then in the note are you mmight make an entry such as: This record indicates mother's name as Gunhild Sorensen, but does not list father's name. When I eventually get around to merging all this data together for reports you would get complete sources that looked like: "Parish Register", Sogn Parish Church, Hole, Rogaland, Norway, 1623-1850. p. 24. "Parish Register", Sogn Parish Church, Hole, Rogaland, Norway, 1623-1850. p. 56. This record indicates mother's name as Gunhild Sorensen, but does not list father's name. There is a LOT of room in Reference, details and in note areas - so use them for this purpose. A document is only used for long transcriptions such as transcribing an entire WILL. Documents are also used for stand alone notes such as general database information or for creating chapter commentary for indexed books, etc. I will try to put more information int he printed manual and help on proper use of sources with more examples than in Ver 2 manual on writing clear source notes. This is an area that does not a lot of clear defining. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ PLACES VS ADDRESSES >Ira, maybe you should give us some instruction how to put data into source >editor in ver.2 to be than converted into ver.3 two-level editor? (Similar >as I asked about Places - Addresses). Can't remember the question about places-address, but assume you are asking for the differences between a place and an address. In Ver 3 you use the ADDRESS event to record an address - and when you record the address press the Enter key after each line. Enter a proper address that would be used for mailing a letter - such as: 385 Idaho Springs Road Clarksville, TN 37043 USA But a place would normally be a location that is not a complete mailing address and any event (except an address) will use a place. Examples: Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee City Cemetary, Clarksville, Tennessee Atlanta Temple, Atlanta, Georgia Hope you can see the difference. An "address" will get reformatted for things like a story report (example: 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville, TN 37043, USA) but there will also be a mailing label report which will prin them as needed for mailing lables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ CONVERTING VER 2 SOURCES to VER 3 SOURCES A few months back I did write an explanation about how to convert easily from Ver 2 to Ver 3. It is work, but you will need to convert from the single level type source of Ver 3 to the double level of type 3. Test this, but as per an earlier warning level don't start doing it expecting to keep this data for the next Ver3 beta - as the data structure will definately change. let me hunt for it..... Can't find it. Does anyone have the old message from a few months back. i think I have a print out in my file... Yup, I found it - no date - but the title says: Re: cftw3-beta 1 - sources I'll type it in later if no one can find the message. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com