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From: "John Liddle" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Formatted Sources
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 20:01:50 +0100
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Ken,

if you want a "proforma" for each type of source in order to save typing,
then you could do as I have and create a new source type (call it say,
UKBMD-Birth) complete with the necessary line headings and then when you
want to add a source of that type, just copy the proforma source, rename it
as appropriate to your current requirements and then add the data. I find
that this method is very useful for census data, where I like to keep it
aligned in columns for readability. I put full stops in the correct field
places to remind me where data should go to retain the alignment and then
input the data in overwrite mode (but beware that TMG has a bug regarding
its display of the writing mode - it is "usually but not always" the inverse
of what is indicated!).

I should add that I put the detailed information from the source in the
source "Memo", rather than the CD associated with the citation of the source
against a tag. That way, if I find I have made a mistake, then I only need
to correct the source itself and all the references to it (citations of it)
are corrected in one go.

Regards,

John Liddle
Backwell, North Somerset UK - "Where the cider apples grow"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Boyce" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Formatted Sources


> Hi Teresa and Lee
>
> Thanks for taking the time to respond to my obviously fuzzy posting.
>
>
>
> I'm following Lee's good advice and have set up a Practice Project to play
> with. What I'm aiming to do is to get to understand and to set up as many
> default and custom aspects of TMG as is possible based on a small sampling
> of relatives prior to transferring the bulk from PAF 5.2
>
>
>
> I think I understand the concept of Tags and basic data entry. It's the
> Citations that go with the Tags that I have an interest in and which I
> loosely called sources in my posting. In particular I'm referring to the
> non-unique repeating words (similar to field labels in Tags) that form the
> data input to the Citation.
>
>
>
> When adding a New Person there are several sources and Birth Tags that in
> my case are relevant for entering birth details. One of these is Birth-Reg
> using data from the BMD Index. The person unique data (which may be what I
> think you experienced users call sourcing the source) that goes with the
> generic (BMD) Citation is very structured and on a spread sheet would have
> the inputs labelled Year, Quarter, Reg District, Vol, Page.
>
>
>
> My question is can something be set up in the data input to the Citation
> for the Birth-reg Tag so that the BMD Index field labels do not have to be
> retyped for each new entry. Similarly for other structured sources such as
> the Census. (I admit my typing is such that I go to great lengths to avoid
> it as much as possible!)
>
>
>
> I hope I have now made myself more understanderable
>
>
>
> Regards
>


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