Tom, I understand that, however, that is not the way that I work. I prefer the will or deed (or head of household) to be the source. To me, the microfilm (or will book) is not the source, the deed or will is. I was hoping someone could offer a suggestion for a way to do something similar in Rootsmagic. Entering the deed book information over and over again is redundant. Computers are supposed to do the work for us. And making the deed book the source doesn't work for me either. Currently I have 3500 sources that would need to be edited. If I changed to what you are suggesting, they'd not only have to be edited, but merged with other sources and the cleanup would be a nightmare. -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Holden Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:57 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] Repository questions If you make the microfilm the Master Source, then you enter it's details and the repository just the once for all 200 citations of it. Tom On 2012-12-19, at 8:36 PM, Teresa Elliott <cheasa@bellsouth.net> wrote: > You missed my point, i use more than one will or deed off the film and don't want to have to retype that information five or six times. Added to that I can add to do tasks to the repository, so I can add it to the films not the physical building. I may have two hundred census sources off one roll of microfilm. > > Teresa Elliott > > On Dec 19, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Alfred <adeller@santel.net> wrote: > >> In my opinion the micro film is the source and the building or office >> where it is found is the repository. >> >> Alfred >> =============== >> >> Teresa Elliott wrote: >>> In my old software, I used the repository for microfilm information, >>> because I only had to type in the information for a roll one time. >>> But obviously the predefined fields in Rootsmagic aren't large >>> enough to hold this information. I'd love a field where I could link >>> a microfilm roll to a source and have that print with the source, so >>> I only had to enter this information one time, since I tend to use >>> the same microfilm over and over for different sources. This also >>> allowed me to attach research tasks to the roll of microfilm. >>> >>> So here's my questions: >>> >>> Does the repository information print as part of the source output. >>> My GEDCOM put all the sources into a free form source template, and >>> I can't figure out how to edit those to another source type, other >>> than creating a new source and then merging the sources. >>> >>> If the repository information does print, does the repository note >>> print as part of the source output? I can continue to do what I am >>> doing now, if I just move the microfilm information into the note >>> section of the repository, if that prints. I am thinking I could >>> just move my current text to the repository note field and then just >>> have [repository note] print where the repository text should be. >>> Note: I only use footnotes, never Bibliography so this would work for me if the repository note prints. >>> >>> >>> Where is the best place to enter the information about the microfilm roll? >>> Preferably so that I don't have to type it over and over again. My >>> family is all from the same small area, so it's not unusual for me >>> to find 5 or more ancestors in the same will book or deed book. >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think I may be missing something. Perhaps the definition of what is a repository. I think Teresa is saying the microfilm is her repository. I may be misinformed, but isn't the Repository the location of where the original source is located or archived at? In this case, where your microfilm can be found (ie; FHL). Once I found the repository (where the microfilm is located), I could then look for the microfilm, (the master source) which would then take me to Item being referenced within the microfilm (the will or deed). In otherwords, the Source Details (the citation), would direct me to where within the microfilm, the actual source information was taken from (the will or deed being referenced) and any other necessary information that was provided. Then the Master Source (the microfilm info) can be memorized and reused for the next entry, and the next item would get a new citation (the next will or deed) can be entered into the source details. I've never seen a repository list printed in a genealogy report or pedigree, unless it was added as an addendum or supplement to the report. But I have seen many biographies (sources plus citations) that have provided information of the microfilm or book referenced and from where the information within the source was taken and any other related information such as the item reference ID, etc, when applicable, so I could find the information within source easily. Lynn On 12/19/2012 6:11 PM, Teresa Elliott wrote: > Tom, I understand that, however, that is not the way that I work. I > prefer the will or deed (or head of household) to be the source. To > me, the microfilm (or will book) is not the source, the deed or will > is. I was hoping someone could offer a suggestion for a way to do > something similar in Rootsmagic. Entering the deed book information > over and over again is redundant. Computers are supposed to do the > work for us. And making the deed book the source doesn't work for me > either. Currently I have 3500 sources that would need to be edited. > If I changed to what you are suggesting, they'd not only have to be > edited, but merged with other sources and the cleanup would be a > nightmare. > > -----Original Message----- From: > rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom > Holden Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:57 PM To: > rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] Repository > questions > > If you make the microfilm the Master Source, then you enter it's > details and the repository just the once for all 200 citations of > it. > > Tom > > On 2012-12-19, at 8:36 PM, Teresa Elliott <cheasa@bellsouth.net> > wrote: > >> You missed my point, i use more than one will or deed off the film >> and > don't want to have to retype that information five or six times. > Added to that I can add to do tasks to the repository, so I can add > it to the films not the physical building. I may have two hundred > census sources off one roll of microfilm. >> >> Teresa Elliott >> >> On Dec 19, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Alfred <adeller@santel.net> wrote: >> >>> In my opinion the micro film is the source and the building or >>> office where it is found is the repository. >>> >>> Alfred =============== >>> >>> Teresa Elliott wrote: >>>> In my old software, I used the repository for microfilm >>>> information, because I only had to type in the information for >>>> a roll one time. But obviously the predefined fields in >>>> Rootsmagic aren't large enough to hold this information. I'd >>>> love a field where I could link a microfilm roll to a source >>>> and have that print with the source, so I only had to enter >>>> this information one time, since I tend to use the same >>>> microfilm over and over for different sources. This also >>>> allowed me to attach research tasks to the roll of microfilm. >>>> >>>> So here's my questions: >>>> >>>> Does the repository information print as part of the source >>>> output. My GEDCOM put all the sources into a free form source >>>> template, and I can't figure out how to edit those to another >>>> source type, other than creating a new source and then merging >>>> the sources. >>>> >>>> If the repository information does print, does the repository >>>> note print as part of the source output? I can continue to do >>>> what I am doing now, if I just move the microfilm information >>>> into the note section of the repository, if that prints. I am >>>> thinking I could just move my current text to the repository >>>> note field and then just have [repository note] print where >>>> the repository text should be. Note: I only use footnotes, >>>> never Bibliography so this would work for me > if the repository note prints. >>>> >>>> >>>> Where is the best place to enter the information about the >>>> microfilm > roll? >>>> Preferably so that I don't have to type it over and over >>>> again. My family is all from the same small area, so it's not >>>> unusual for me to find 5 or more ancestors in the same will >>>> book or deed book. >>> >>> >>> =================================== RM list Archives: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >>> >>> >>> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >>> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, >>> please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject >>> and the body of the message >> >> >> >> =================================== RM list Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, >> please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with >> the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the message > > > > =================================== RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > =================================== RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >

AFAIK, no data from the Repository Address fields come out in a citation footnote or bibliography. There are some Source Templates that have their own repository fields but they do not connect to Repository Address fields. Excuse my terminology but I mean the fields under the Repository tab which are stored internally in the AddressTable. So the best place to put the info about the microfilm is in the Master Sources you create from it, if you want that info in a footnote or Bibliography. Tom On 2012-12-19, at 9:11 PM, "Teresa Elliott" <cheasa@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Tom, > I understand that, however, that is not the way that I work. I prefer the > will or deed (or head of household) to be the source. To me, the microfilm > (or will book) is not the source, the deed or will is. I was hoping someone > could offer a suggestion for a way to do something similar in Rootsmagic. > Entering the deed book information over and over again is redundant. > Computers are supposed to do the work for us. And making the deed book the > source doesn't work for me either. Currently I have 3500 sources that would > need to be edited. If I changed to what you are suggesting, they'd not only > have to be edited, but merged with other sources and the cleanup would be a > nightmare. > > -----Original Message----- > From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Holden > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:57 PM > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Repository questions > > If you make the microfilm the Master Source, then you enter it's details and > the repository just the once for all 200 citations of it. > > Tom > > On 2012-12-19, at 8:36 PM, Teresa Elliott <cheasa@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> You missed my point, i use more than one will or deed off the film and > don't want to have to retype that information five or six times. Added to > that I can add to do tasks to the repository, so I can add it to the films > not the physical building. I may have two hundred census sources off one > roll of microfilm. >> >> Teresa Elliott >> >> On Dec 19, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Alfred <adeller@santel.net> wrote: >> >>> In my opinion the micro film is the source and the building or office >>> where it is found is the repository. >>> >>> Alfred >>> =============== >>> >>> Teresa Elliott wrote: >>>> In my old software, I used the repository for microfilm information, >>>> because I only had to type in the information for a roll one time. >>>> But obviously the predefined fields in Rootsmagic aren't large >>>> enough to hold this information. I'd love a field where I could link >>>> a microfilm roll to a source and have that print with the source, so >>>> I only had to enter this information one time, since I tend to use >>>> the same microfilm over and over for different sources. This also >>>> allowed me to attach research tasks to the roll of microfilm. >>>> >>>> So here's my questions: >>>> >>>> Does the repository information print as part of the source output. >>>> My GEDCOM put all the sources into a free form source template, and >>>> I can't figure out how to edit those to another source type, other >>>> than creating a new source and then merging the sources. >>>> >>>> If the repository information does print, does the repository note >>>> print as part of the source output? I can continue to do what I am >>>> doing now, if I just move the microfilm information into the note >>>> section of the repository, if that prints. I am thinking I could >>>> just move my current text to the repository note field and then just >>>> have [repository note] print where the repository text should be. >>>> Note: I only use footnotes, never Bibliography so this would work for me > if the repository note prints. >>>> >>>> >>>> Where is the best place to enter the information about the microfilm > roll? >>>> Preferably so that I don't have to type it over and over again. My >>>> family is all from the same small area, so it's not unusual for me >>>> to find 5 or more ancestors in the same will book or deed book. >>> >>> >>> =================================== >>> RM list Archives: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >>> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >>> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message