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From: Lee Hoffman/KY <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Exhibits & Citations
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 18:06:12 -0500


H.J. van Till wrote:
>I tried to find out if it's possible to attache an exhibit to a citation. I
>couldn't find an answer so I don't think so. Maybe somebody can help to find
>another solution for my problem.

You can attach an Exhibit to a person, a tag, a Source or a Repository.

>Ad this time most of my sources are churchbooks and certificates from the
>registry office.
>An example:
>I have a birth certificate with the following information: birth of child
>and occupation of father and mother. That bring for the child as an event
>birth and for mother an d father occupation. As a source I use: Registry of
>Births from 1960 to 1970 from Place X. For citation I use the source with in
>citation detail the certificate number. As exhibit I use a word document of
>the original birth-certificate text linked as an ole object.
>Now the problem:
>I want a attache the exhibit to the three events. So I have to repeat this
>action three times and the names of the exhibits are the same because its
>the same document (and file). When I want to take a look at the exhibits
>with focus on al exhibits I have three exhibits with the same name an
>contents, and I only need one+ACE-
>I know it's possible to attache exhibits to source but I like to have a
>direct link from an event to the text I use for citation.
>The solution can be a Master Exhibit List+ACE- Are there other solutions?

You may attach an external Exhibit as often as you like, but internal
Exhibits may only be attached to one person, tag, Source, or Repository.

Hope this helps -


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