> Just ran across the article > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/start/famgroupsheets.htm?rc=locale%7E&us=0 in > LEGACY NEWS that describes the way I started keeping track > of sources 20 years ago. The problem I'm having is trying to find a > practical way of inputing this information into the source > documentation of Legacy or PAF. If all I had was one source for > each piece of information, I guess it wouldn't be overly difficult. > The problem is having perhaps a dozen or more group sheets for an > individual documenting census records, church records, > birth/death/marriage certificates, family interviews, etc., many > with differing dates, names, places, etc. How do you pull all this > information together using the source documentation features of > these programs to document how you arrived at your conclusions for > the names and dates used as well as documenting conflicting > information in case additional data shows that your original > conclusion was wrong? I'd like to have a complete set of electronic > information to make it easier to transmit in one package rather than > having various sets of binders and folders, but haven't been able to > see a practical way of doing that. Seems like I could spend the > next few years just entering data with no time left for further > research. Have the majority of users of the various genealogy > programs actually found it practical to use them for source > documentation? If someone offers an online course for use of these > programs to help me see an easier way, I'd sure appreciate the info. > > "Mark Granback" NoGranmarkSpam@yahoo.com I can't address all genealogy software; but I use the Master Genealogist by Wholly Genes software that allows you to enter unlimited sources for the specific piece of data, assigning sureties for each one of them............. In addition, if you so choose, you can enter multiple entries for the information itself such as alternate dates of births. There is unlimited flexibility in how you set up the data entry and source documentation. I choose what I believe is the most accurate of the information, document the reason for the choice, but add ALL of the sources to the event in the citation detail. My readers have all of the discrepant information, why I chose one, and they can choose another conclusion if they do not like my judgement. Yes, it does take time, but as familiarity and speed increase, less and less. The advantage is that I don't need to rely on my memory <which is getting dimmer by the minute> on WHY I have this date of birth or middle name. It is all there. I think that the amount of documentation that we do is certainly a very personal choice, and yes, it does involve time. I used two other genealogy programs before this one that did not provide the same flexibility............ Glee <gleemc@earthlink.net>