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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Show another source within a source
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:11:12 -0400
References: <NIBBKHFNGLDPDIBJMBKLGEDMCAAA.alangford@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <NIBBKHFNGLDPDIBJMBKLGEDMCAAA.alangford@earthlink.net>


Ann Langford wrote:
>How do I add information to a source that shows where the original
>information was obtained, as well as offer descriptive, clarifying
>information about the source. For example, I am entering family information
>from a bible source, following the Mills format. I have entered my
>information and it formats correctly as follows:
>
>Family data, Allen Langford Bible; owned 1969 by Mrs. Homer (Mattie A.
>McMillan) Kiser, Gainesville, Ga.
>
>I do not have the name, publisher and date of publication of the Bible, so I
>deleted this code from the format, but I do have information as to where the
>information was obtained and that is what I would like to add as further
>description to the source. This information is:
>
>Extracts published in Sybil Wood McRay, compiler, Misc. "D" 1850-1868, 12
>Months Support, Inventory and Appraisment, Hall County, Georgia
>(Gainesville, Georgia; privately printed, 1969), 7. The McRay extracts
>contain data applicable to the family of Allen and both his wives. I have
>entered this source in my master source list and show it as "souces for this
>source" in the Source Definition Screen on the Family data entry above, but
>I don't know how to make this information print as a citation detail. I
>also can't determine how to get the citation detail of a page number or the
>further information about a source i.e., "The McRay extracts contain.....".
>to appear in the citation.
>
>I hope I have explained this correctly. I'm a new user and when I posted
>yesterday regarding source information imported from Generations, Jim
>indicated I needed to edit all my sources which is what I am trying to do.
>Looks like I will be posting a lot until I get the hang of this. I would
>like to thank you in advance for your patience in helping me learn this
>program.

The Source of a Source field in the Source Definition Screen is for your
use only and does not print anywhere. The feature has been requested.

If you wish to indicate that in the printed citation that the data in a
Source came from another Source, you must add that into the Source Citation
as part of the Source Template. One way would be to create the Source
record of the original document and "copy" the Preview information for
pasting into the second Source that you are actually citing probably with a
notation such as "as cited in" or "citing" prefixing the "original" Source
citation.

An example might be:
Iam N. Author, [ITAL:]Some Book Title[:ITAL] (Someplace, State:
A Publishing Company, 1 Jan 1997) citing James Johnson, Birth
Certificate 434567 (25 Nov 1978), Kentucky Department of Human
Resources, Birth Registrar, Frankfort, Kentucky.

The "as cited in" or "citing" plus the "original" citation might be entered
in the Citation Detail or in the secondary Source Memo field. If in the
Memo field, you may need to adjust the Source Template to include that
Source Element.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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