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From: "Yolanda Campbell Lifter" <>
Subject: Re: [RMagic] Sources and Citations
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:31:44 -0400
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I also make more specific references for my source citations-John Smith
birth certificate, John Smith and Mary Jones marriage record, John Smith
death certificate, etc. It helps me stay a little more organized that way
(and I need all the help I can get!).


Yolanda Campbell Lifter
Malabar, FL


member Association of Professional Genealogists

Ohio Family Research http://ohiofamilyresearch.com
Brown Co., OH GenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/brownco


> Patrick Molloy wrote:
>
>>I'm a necomer to RootsMagic - only just loaded it on to my computer.
>>
>>I've started to input "my lot" but I've tripped up on Sources and
>>Citations.
>>
>>Sticking to basics - Birth Certificates. As I understand it from the
>>manual, I have one source for all the Birth certificates. Then the details
>>from the individual birth certificates are entered into a new citation box
>>each time I get a new certificate. So, for example if I have 20 birth
>>certificates I have one Source which is Birth Certificate, and 20
>>citations. I don't have 20 Sources, one for each certificate. Is that
>>right?
>>
>>Now moving onto the next stage. Assuming my birth certificate is for Joe
>>Bloggs. On the certificate it tells me that Joe Bloggs father is a Rocket
>>Scientist. So I open the box for Joe Bloggs father, I enter a fact which
>>is Occupation, and type in Rocket Scientist. Then I add the source which
>>is Joe Bloggs birth certificate, but then it gives me a new empty citation
>>box.
>>
>>So, am I doing something wrong.
>>
>>Another bit of advice please. I see there are two aides to Rootsmagic. One
>>is a book "Getting the most out of RootsMagic" written by Bruce Buzbee who
>>I understand wrote the progamme. The other is a DVD "The complete guide to
>>Rootsmagic". Has anyone purchased either of these, and are they worth the
>>money?
>>
>>Does Bruce Buzbee monitor this list, and sometimes step in to help?
>>
>>Pat Molloy,
>>Preston, Lancs.
>>


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