Thanks Mike, I'll bear all that in mind. It will be a good while before I start adding images I think. I've got to get them all into some sort of order on my computer first. It may take a while..... Regards & Happy New Year. Lesley On 01/01/2016 16:34, Beryl & Mike Tate via wrote: > Lesley, it is worth spending some time experimenting with the options, because they become more complex as soon as you start adding > images. > > In a worst case example, say you have a Census image for a household of 9 people. If you use 'Method 2' then you must attach that > image to at least the 9 Census event Citations, plus possibly Occupation &/or Birth facts derived from that same Census image. > > Whereas, with a separate 'Method 1' Source record for that image, it is only attached once to the Source record. > > It is still easy to keep such multiple Sources in a consistent order by choosing an appropriate naming convention. > > The free companion program 'Ancestral Sources' makes light work of any of the above options. > > Happy New Year, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [FHU] References > > I agree with David, > > The Source is where I got the information from, doesn't matter what I did with it or where it is or how it's stored. The Citation > would give much more detail. I haven't attached any digital images as yet, so I have that process yet to come. > > Perhaps I think this way because I started off with much more basic software? In any event, it works for me & is easy to keep the > sources in some sort of consistent order. > > Regards > > Lesley > > On 01/01/2016 14:47, D C Banks via wrote: >> Hi Jeremy >> >> You could have one Source called 'Find my Past etc' and just add a Citation as required for the unique marriage Fact. Then you can > add the Image/pdf to the Citation via the Individual Records screen. I have only 50 Source records but about 25,000 Citations in a > file with 5000 Individuals and 1300 marriages. So, no, it is not excessive - I Cite everything! >> >> David >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: [FHU] References >> >> I used to show, say, 'Find my Past - Parish Records' as the source for entries. Now I am finding that I can get the actual detail > of the marriage as a .pdf which I could attach to the citation. However, I would need each citation to be a separate entry in order > to attach an image to it. My question is that would mean about 3000 individual entries in my case. Is this normal/average? or > excessive? >> >> Jeremy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >