tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2078291178959454978..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: My Solution for US Census Free-form Source Citations in RootsMagic 4Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-82624254611741562922011-04-21T08:25:49.386-07:002011-04-21T08:25:49.386-07:00Thanks for your post and the step by step. This is...Thanks for your post and the step by step. This is the answer for me since I didn't want hundreds of master sources either in my list. <br />How do you cite a census for each member of the family group? Would you then just list the head of the household and copy that same citation detail for each of the family members? <br />Is the census source attached to the "residence" fact and at that point the enumeration date would be noted? I just want to be clear about this since it is such a daunting task for me.<br />I appreciate all your posts regarding the sources it's helpful to see it spelled out.<br />DeliaDelia Furrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168093544914020019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-51006786111383626832011-04-16T04:25:20.851-07:002011-04-16T04:25:20.851-07:00Hi Randy,
Reading Tamura Jones' "Geniolo...Hi Randy,<br /><br />Reading Tamura Jones' "Geniology" article http://www.tamurajones.net/Geniology.xhtml gave me a kick in the pants about sources. This is my top priority right now on WikiTree.com. The idea of there being another million profiles in our database without careful sources is keeping me up at night. I'm thinking we might need to go so far as to limit the number of profiles a user can add if you don't commit to using sources. But that's a tangent ...<br /><br />Next time you import a GEDCOM to WikiTree, the source sections and footnotes will be cleaner. As long as it's not this week. :-) When you do, and when you have comments, I'd like to work with you to keep improving how we import data from RootsMagic and other programs.<br /><br />By the way, congratulations on the five-year anniversary! An average of more than two and a half blog posts per day for five years is nothing less than incredible.<br /><br />ChrisChris Whittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681015715409399643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-23074813527475819142011-04-15T21:41:46.475-07:002011-04-15T21:41:46.475-07:00I make copies of every template that I want to use...I make copies of every template that I want to use so that I can modify them like this if I need to. I've added a CreditLineDetails field to my Source Details in my copy of the Census U.S. Federal (online images) template so that I can put the roll number there.<br /><br />I've also found it helpful to change the Civil Division field to "Place" instead of "Text". That way you can create Master Sources with just a Jurisdiction of "United States" and a Civil Division of "Town, County, State". If the Civil Division is changed to Place, then you can change the Bibliography template to start with "[Jurisdiction]. [CivilDivision:Reverse]." and it all prints in the right order. <br /><br />These two modifications have allowed me to keep one master source per census year, but still have the citations print like I want them to.Mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-78561500332918249852011-04-15T21:06:07.529-07:002011-04-15T21:06:07.529-07:00Happy Blogiversary, Randy! And many more! :)Happy Blogiversary, Randy! And many more! :)Cherie Cayemberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748187506552981093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-35637536224225083982011-04-15T18:30:26.179-07:002011-04-15T18:30:26.179-07:00Randy,
Like you I don't want to have hundreds ...Randy,<br />Like you I don't want to have hundreds of unique "Master Sources". I want one for each U.S. Census year.<br />I use the source template called "Census, U.S. Federal (Online Image)"<br />I name my Master Source the same name as Ancestry uses, e.g. "1920 United States Federal Census". The ONLY entry I make in the top part of the template is for Year and Type - like 1920 United States Federal Census. I put all the rest of the required information in Source Details. This way I only have one master source for each census year, not one every state or every Civil Division.<br />John Carruthers<br />Victoria, BC, CanadaJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485141903344987984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-18552164907174443572011-04-15T17:16:16.570-07:002011-04-15T17:16:16.570-07:00Happy Birthday, Randy!! I am so glad you wrote thi...Happy Birthday, Randy!! I am so glad you wrote this post on Citations1 I, too, am 'Citation Impaired' and this was helpful.<br /><br />I've awarded you the Lovely Blog Award, Randy! I love checking on Saturday Night to see what the challenge is each Saturday Night, and trying to play along with the challenge!Sherry - Family Tree Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08771660350904508670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-80601537387627758422011-04-15T16:32:27.186-07:002011-04-15T16:32:27.186-07:00Umm ... I'm thinking that Randy should do a we...Umm ... I'm thinking that Randy should do a webinar on creating free form source citations like this one so people like me (citation-impaired) can cite their sources without messing it up :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626456511113834140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-2669820086552755762011-04-15T15:26:49.028-07:002011-04-15T15:26:49.028-07:00Randy,
You can create your own source template an...Randy,<br /><br />You can create your own source template and modify it to do exactly that.<br /><br />1. Do Lists > Source templates<br />2. Highlight the source template to base yours on<br />3. Click Copy to make a copy of that template<br />4. Edit that copy of the template<br />5. Edit the Jurisdiction field and mark the checkbox to make that field a detail field<br />6. Create a new field for the Film # and make that a detail field<br />7. Add that new field to the template for the footnote where you want it.<br /><br />We'll look into your suggestions for modifying the built in template as well.RootsMagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316415076585171608noreply@blogger.com