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    1. Re: [FHU] References
    2. Beryl & Mike Tate via
    3. 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

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