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Tuesday's Tips provide brief how-to's to help you learn to use the Legacy Family Tree software with new tricks and techniques.

Options: Sources (Beginner)

Previous articles in this series:
Customize Legacy
Options: General Settings
Options: Data Entry
Options: Data Format
Options: Date Defaults
Options: Dates
Options: Locations

The next section in the Customize Legacy menu is Options > Customize > 7. Sources

7.1 Source Entry System (ff)

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If you mostly use the SourceWriter System for your citations then choose that. If you use mostly the Basic Source System then choose that. If you use a mixture then choose Ask which system to use when adding. When you go to add a source you will get a popup asking which one you want to use for this source. If you choose one of the other two that style source will always pop up automatically.

7.2 Master Source Defaults (ff)

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Every Master Source allows you to add extra information in the Text field and in the Comments field. The options in Option 7.2 allow you to include or exclude globally whatever you have written in those fields. You can also manage this one at a time as you add a new Master Source. If you choose one of the global options you can click the Apply button and it will change it across your entire file.

The last option, Master Sources default to: applies to Basic Style Sources only. Published puts your titles in italics and Unpublished puts them in "quotes." This option simply defaults the screen to one or the other when you enter a new source. You can easily change it when you are entering it. This just saves you some clicks if most of your sources are one type or the other.

7.3 Source Detail Defaults (ff)

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The previous options applied to Master Sources. The options in Option 7.3 apply to the Source Detail. These are pretty self-explanatory. Do you or do you not want to include sources?  Do you want the detail to print for your Basic Style sources?  Do you or do you not want to print your text and comments?  The Master Sources have Text and Comments fields but so does the Source Detail screen. 

The last two options, Default to source is Verified and Default Surety Level are optional.  These options are for people that like to "rate" and classify their sources regarding how reliable they think that they are.  Again, these options are here to save you a few clicks if all of your sources are mostly verified and most of your sources have a certain surety level. You can always change them when entering.

7.4 Source Clipboard - Prompt for Detail (ff)

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If you have this set to ON, the Detail screen will automatically pop up whenever you add a source. I have mine turned OFF because I normally paste a source to multiple fields and I won't be changing the Detail so I don't need it to pop up. However, this can be a good thing when you are using the same Master Source for several people and you need to change the Source Detail. You don't want to accidentally forget to change it when you go to the next person.

7.5 Source Clipboard - Capacity (ff)

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This one is easier to explain by referring you to Loading the Source Clipboard with 5 Sources vs. Saving Loaded Clipboards.

7.6 AutoSource (ff)

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This is a very useful feature. Let's say you import a gedcom from somewhere into your main file, you might want to source every entry with WHERE this information came from (online genealogy site, your cousin Mary, etc.).  I highly recommend that you do this.  The reason I have the Prompt turned off is that I know to do this, I don't need the Prompt to remind me (there is an option on the import screen). 

7.7 Source List Name (ff)

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This one only applies to Basic Style Sources. When you enter a Basic Style Source you give it a name (you do this with SourceWriter too) and that name is what you see on your Master Source List. Normally you name your source in such a way that you can find it again on the Master Source List so that you don't accidentally enter the same Master Source twice.  Since I have a very specific naming convention for my Master Source List I do NOT want that name to print as part of the source citation. However, there are people that use the Source List Name advantageously as part of their citation. This is just something you will have to play with to see how you want to use this.

7.8 Citation Formatting (ff)

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This too only applies to Basic Style Sources. If the footnote is identical to the one above it, Ibid. will print instead of repeating the footnote. This is a standard of the Chicago Manual of Style which Evidence Explained is based on.

7.9 RTF Citation Style (ff)

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This one affects reports that you export as an RTF file so that you can edit your report in an external word processor such as MS Word.

Linked citations, which can be either footnotes or endnotes, automatically link the citation superscript numbers in the text to the source citation at the bottom of the page or at the end of the report. If you double-click a citation number when you have the report loaded into your word processor, you are taken to the linked citation text.

Unlinked citations simply show a superscripted number in the report text where you are citing a source, and the actual source citations are at the end of the report. There is no automatic linking between the citation numbers and the citation text.

The advantage of linked footnotes or endnotes is that you can quickly jump to a citation from the citation number. The disadvantage to the linked citations is that it is impossible to combine duplicate citations and thus you can end up with citation after citation that are identical. Unlinked duplicate citations, however, can be combined by Legacy before creating the report output. This can save a lot of space. The disadvantage of course, is that there is no linkage between the citation numbers and the citation text, and you can only produce endnotes - not footnotes.

7.10 Citation Placement on Event Sentences (gbl)

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This option controls whether you want the superscripted footnote number directly after the event or you want it to appear at the end, after any attached notes for that event. I personally want it at the end after everything that I have written about that event.

Next time we will be looking at Options > Customize > 8. View.

Find tech tips every day in the Facebook Legacy User Group. The group is free and is available to anyone with a Facebook account.

For video tech tips check out the Legacy Quick Tips page.  These short videos will make it easy for you to learn all sort of fun and interesting ways to look at your genealogy research.

Michele Simmons Lewis, CG^® is part of the Legacy Family Tree team at MyHeritage. She handles the enhancement suggestions that come in from our users as well as writing for Legacy News. You can usually find her hanging out on the Legacy User Group Facebook page answering questions and posting tips.

I’ve been thinking a lot about my descendants lately. It got me thinking that the way we pass memories down to our children is changing. For the last 100 years it’s pretty safe to say that parents could pass along a baby book or photo albums at the minimum. Sometimes a scrapbook might have been handed down as well. Now that we are in the age of digital photography what is the best method to preserve our memories?

While it is still possible to pass down a baby book and printed photo albums it is less likely to happen. In the past year or two a major newspaper featured an article with the headline "Aging Parents with Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don't Want It." The article focused on how to dispose of a lifetime of memories and keepsakes. It makes me wonder, what is the most practical way to share with our kids and nieces and nephews and feel confident that they will keep it and pass it down again?

But there's more at stake here than just flowery china teacups that your children don't want to inherit. The memories you created with your children during their childhood are shared memories. It's not just your memories that your passing on. It's their childhood, their life, as well. With fewer and fewer people printing photographs regularly or creating scrapbooks, how will those memories get shared?

And in addition to their memories, what about the practical stuff as well? I remember my parents kept a file for each of us three kids with things like school report cards and college transcripts. Folders like these can also hold records of immunization and other practical information. When I became an adult my parents gave me the folder - a record of my life.

Regrettably in this article I don't necessarily have the answers for you (but maybe a few suggestions).

Here's what I'm doing and considering for the future:

Photo Books

Photo albums have been replaced by photo books. In this digital age there is no longer any need for printing photos and pasting them into albums. I can go online to any number of websites from my local pharmacy to a dedicated photo site like Shutterfly. I created a book with the best photos from one of our international vacations. It took a bit of work to put together but I could do it all from my desk and computer. Then it was just a matter of waiting for the book to arrive. These kinds of books can be pricey but if you wait for coupons the cost gets better. The best thing is you can create the book once and print as many copies as you like.

Baby Books

I'm not sure if this is still a thing or not but I do have baby books for my kids. The last one I bought 14 years ago. I admit that I have not been very good about filling them in. Perhaps by the time my boys are all in college I will have time to complete them. I still think this is a good idea but I wonder how practical it will be for the future.

Multimedia 

I really like the idea of passing on to my children an archive of sound and video recordings where they can hear the voices of the past and laugh at the silly antics of distant relatives in home videos. I have amassed quite a large archive already. But what I worry about is the constant need to update the file formats of the media so that it can still be viewed by the programs of the ever changing present. If I create this collection will my great grandchildren some day be able to access it?

A Digital Vault

The thought that I'm leaning toward the most is to create a digital vault for my children. I have already created electronic versions of the folders that my parents had created for me.  I can envision that when I pass these on to my children they will have several components. They'll contain important family photos both from their own childhoods and from the lives of their ancestors. They'll also contain the multimedia archive that I mentioned above. And finally it will be a trove of documents that will act both as a reminder of past work and success but also necessary documents that they will need to continue accessing in the future. I can see myself already handing my boys a thumb drive or portable solid-state drive that acts as a metaphorical "Good luck in the world, son!"

Have you given any thought to how you will pass down your memories to those you love? What are some of the ideas that you have in mind?

Marian Pierre-Louis is a genealogy professional who specializes in educational outreach through webinars, internet broadcasts and video. Her areas of expertise include house history research, southern New England research and solving brick walls. Since the rise in interest of genetic genealogy Marian has become addicted to using dna to help solve genealogy mysteries. Marian is the Online Education Producer for Legacy Family Tree Webinars where she produces online genealogy education classes. Once a month you'll find her as the evening host of Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Check out her webinars in the Legacy library.

We are excited to announce that we have recently added 27,612,119 new records from four new collections to SuperSearch™: Australia Electoral Rolls, 1893-1949; Québec Marriage Licenses, 1926-1997; Honolulu, Hawaii Passenger Lists, 1900-1953; and Baltimore, Maryland Passenger Lists, 1891-1943.

Here is a breakdown of the newly added record collections:

Australia Electoral Rolls, 1893-1949	An index of electors in Australia registered to vote on Commonwealth electoral rolls between 1893 and 1949 in each of the six states of Australia.	16,306,739 records	Search collection now
Québec Marriage Licenses, 1926-1997	An index of marriage licenses filed in Québec, Canada from 1926 to 1997.	7,901,481 records	Search collection now
Honolulu, Hawaii Passenger Lists, 1900-1953	Passenger manifests of ships arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, from 1900 through 1953.	1,777,740 records	Search collection now
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Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them!   This Friday enjoy "Using DNA for Adoption & Unknown Parentage Work" by Mary Eberle, JD. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

Using DNA for Adoption & Unknown Parentage Work

Adoption and unknown (or misattributed) parentage events—whether recent or in the past—can challenge genealogists. DNA can be a powerful tool for finding birth families. We’ll cover techniques and resources for this work. 

Outline:

1. Review of laws affecting adoptees’ access to their birth information
2. Steps for using DNA for adoption work
3. Predicting matches’ relationships based on amount of shared DNA
4. Finding related matches: shared matches/in-common-with matches
5. Reviewing matches’ trees—finding common ancestors
6. Building trees back and forward in time
7. Developing and testing hypotheses for the unknown parent(s)  

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I just received this from MyHeritage about an update to the Theory of Family Relativity. Indeed, it is good news.

I have great news — we’ve just refreshed all the data for the Theory of Family Relativity™!

With this exciting update, you’ll get new and updated theories that explain how you and your DNA Matches may be related. This much-anticipated update may provide you with answers about relationships that have baffled you, as well as offer new insights about your ancestors and family relationships.

The Theory of Family Relativity™ scans billions of family tree profiles and historical records to craft detailed theories of how DNA Matches on MyHeritage may be related to each other. Since launching the feature in February, our DNA database has grown significantly, the number of family trees on MyHeritage has reached 45 million, existing trees have grown, and more historical records have been added to SuperSearch™.

A new notification system has been created to update MyHeritage users about new theories as they are discovered, one theory at a time. This email will be sent periodically, as of this week.

We hope that MyHeritage DNA users will enjoy the current update, which has more than doubled the number of theories available.

Read more about this update and some key facts and figures in the blog post.

The recording of today's webinar, "Research Your Newfoundland Ancestors” by Tessa Keough is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

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The recording of today's Board for Certification of Genealogists webinar, "Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands” by Yvette Hoitink, CG is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/BCG for free for a limited time.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 16 minute recording of "Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. 

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• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 959 classes, 1,231 hours of genealogy education)
• On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 4,268 pages)
• On-demand access to the live webinars' chat logs
• 5% off all products at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com (must be logged in at checkout)
• Access to all future recordings for the duration of their membership
• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
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