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From: "Colleen and James Conlan" <>
Subject: [TMG] newbie questions
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:20:19 -0500


Greetings-
I'm new, still confused, taking lots of deep breaths, and taking it on faith that I will eventually be glad I chose this program! I'm still entering data into a PRACTICE set, as I read on Lee's tips page. Can anyone help me with these specific questions? (I have silver edition, version 4.0)

-Many of my sources are copies of birth, marriage and death certificates. Some I got from my mother, and some I got from Vital
Records, either in person or by mail. Is each certificate a source? Does each have its own entry and source number in the master source list? I know its "up to me" how I want to enter sources, but how do you folks do it? The examples in the SAMPLE dataset don't include any birth records or certificates.

I had entered my birth certificate as source #1, abbreviated as "Birth records, Connecticut" but I have many birth records from CT. Should I call it "birth certificate-Colleen" instead? Do I then end up with a master source list filled with "birth certificate-Colleen O'Neill", "birth certificate-Bernard O'Neill" etc? Is this appropriate or desirable?

-As I was entering new sources, I was clicking back and forth between the SAMPLE set and my PRACTICE SET. A few times I cancelled entry of the source, then went back to it. Now my automatic numbering is off. I have to renumber each source after I have entered it. Is there a way to remedy this?

-In Person View, in the narrow column between Type and Date, what does the asterisk (*) signify? Not all items in this view have one.

-My program came with the Getting Started Manual. Is there a way to purchase the User's Guide and Reference Manual?

Many thanks for any help you can give...Colleen




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