On 02 Apr 2002 13:49:37 GMT, Eric Babula <ebabula@care2.com> wrote: >Hello, > >I sent this out to soc.genealogy.computing, yesterday, but it appears >that it didn't go through. Re-sending today (sorry if it's a repeat >post), and adding a couple othe NGs: > > >I'm having a little trouble figuring out what information to put where, >in Legacy. I haven't been doing a good job of entering things in the >proper places, I'm afraid, and I want to clean it up before it gets too >late. > >For instance, in the Individual's Information, there's a line for >"Chr.", but under Events, you can add "Baptism". Which one to use, >both? If I use "Chr.", do I enter church and city/county/state/country >in the "in" line? Also, if I add "Baptism" as an event, do you add the >church name under "Description", and the City, County, State, Country in >the "Place" line? > >Not the only questions I have. What about Sourcing? Let's say I have a >Master Source called "Baptismal Certificate". Can I use that same >Master Source for many different people? When I add pictures, do I add >a pic of each Baptismal Certificate under that particular source? Or, >do I add the pic of each individual's Baptismal Certificate to that >individual? What then, happens to the picture category under "Baptismal >Certificate" event? > >Would someone be able to email me a Legacy file of just a few people, so >I could see the proper way to enter information? I'm using Legacy 4.0 >Deluxe (just got it last week). I know, there's no perfect way to enter >all this, but I'm sure there are better ways than what I'm doing. I'd >just like to get ideas. > >TIA, > >-- >Smile!! > >Eric Babula >Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA > >Polish names: BABULA, GUNIA, LAZAR, MISIALEK Hi Eric, I am not an expert but I've used Legacy for a while. On your sourcing question, I'd definitely create a new source for each baptismal certificate you have, i.e. one source for John Jones' certificate, one source for Mary Smith's certificate, etc. You may be getting some information on these certificates about people other than the child being baptized . For example, Mary Smith's certificate may say that her godmother is also her aunt who lives in Ohio, and the piece of info about the aunt's location would belong in the aunt's entry. In a few years you may wonder where you got that information. It's going to be easier to locate that piece of paper if you source each certificate individually. I haven't worked with baptismal certificates, but I'm basing my answer on what I've found with marriage licence applications, obituaries and the like - you get a wealth of data about different people from those sources. The more you get into genealogy, the messier your files become, so assume you will have problems finding stuff and plan ahead ;-) On the pictures question - are you going to scan all those documents and add them as pictures? I wish I had your ambition! Mine are just sitting in 3-ring binders (in archival quality plastic protectors). Seems to me that would take up a heck of a lot of room ... then again, you could save them as JPEGs, and storage is pretty cheap these days. If you are going that route, I would add the scanned image to the source instead of to the individual for the same reason metioned above - you may be able to use the same source for several individuals. Hope this helps ... Sara

sssss@noaddress.com (Sara) wrote in news:3ca9e535.224223213@news.cybercomm.net: > Hi Eric, > > I am not an expert but I've used Legacy for a while. On your > sourcing question, I'd definitely create a new source for each > baptismal certificate you have, i.e. one source for John Jones' > certificate, one source for Mary Smith's certificate, etc. You may > be getting some information on these certificates about people > other than the child being baptized . For example, Mary Smith's > certificate may say that her godmother is also her aunt who lives > in Ohio, and the piece of info about the aunt's location would > belong in the aunt's entry. In a few years you may wonder where > you got that information. It's going to be easier to locate that > piece of paper if you source each certificate individually. I > haven't worked with baptismal certificates, but I'm basing my > answer on what I've found with marriage licence applications, > obituaries and the like - you get a wealth of data about different > people from those sources. The more you get into genealogy, the > messier your files become, so assume you will have problems finding > stuff and plan ahead ;-) That's a good point - I guess I'll have to create new sources for each source I have! > > On the pictures question - are you going to scan all those > documents and add them as pictures? I wish I had your ambition! > Mine are just sitting in 3-ring binders (in archival quality > plastic protectors). Seems to me that would take up a heck of a lot > of room ... then again, you could save them as JPEGs, and storage > is pretty cheap these days. If you are going that route, I would > add the scanned image to the source instead of to the individual > for the same reason metioned above - you may be able to use the > same source for several individuals. Yes, I was planning on scanning all the documents, pictures, etc., I get. I don't get to do my family history research all that often (work/family/work/life/work get in the way of doing research - wish I could spend at least 5 hours a day researching, but no), so I don't get piles of stuff at one time - maybe a page or two, here or there. Pretty managable, so far. Yes, I'm saving them as jpegs, and storing them on my computer (with occasional backups, of course!), so I can print out little booklets for certain people, with pictures, certificates, etc. attached. BTW - I will be keeping the originals, too, in files. > Thanks, Sara! -- Smile!! Eric Babula Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Polish names: BABULA, GUNIA, LAZAR, MISIALEK