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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Source data
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 09:52:36 -0400
References: <77.2b3b616.261a8df7@cs.com>


wrote:
>
> My question concerns how
> do I include the _data_ from _each_ source. For instance: I have 4 sources
> for a birth tag, all give the same date but are presented differently (more
> details etc.). I would like to _quote_ from each source. How do I do that??>

As does Lee Hoffman, I am not sure what you want to do. What four
sources for a birth tag do you have, how do they differ in detail and
how can these same sources be used for more than one person?

I can see one source having the time as well as the date, one having the
hospital as well as the city.

I use sureties to tell me how much of the date or place comes from each
source: most complete is a 3 etc. Information such as time that does
not fit I put in the memo.

> If I put that info into the memo field for that tag it is not connected to
> the source. I could type it in manually for each but that seems redundant.
> Another point that I should mention is that each of these 4 sources will be
> used by many individuals so I will not want to add data for just one
> individual to that source. Therefore, under the Tag Entry Screen I used the
> Source Citation Detail for this type of data which _seems_ to produce what I
> want. Are there some concerns that I am missing that I should be aware of??>

In your situation I would type the source verbatim into a text file
outside of TMG. Then I would copy and paste the bit of information you
want into the tag memo as I think it reads better there.

You would have in the memo: Source A ( name of source) says "C&P",
Source B Says "C&P" etc.

However if putting it in the CD works then do that.

More information may get you more and better suggestions.

bob gillis


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