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From: "Ken Boyce" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Formatted Sources
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:14:11 -0700
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Liddle" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Formatted Sources


> 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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