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From: "Peter & Doreen Neilley" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Reference Field
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:27:00 -0700
References: <200532311718.218129@Terry3>


Thank you for explaining the difference. I did see you post, but I think it
was through my Telus webmail (I often go there and deal with Spam, etc,
before it gets to my machine.) I am now in the process (sslloowwllyy) of
adding [CREF] to my source types, as well as [CM].

Sincerely, Doreen Neilley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Reigel" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Reference Field


> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:36:59 -0800, wrote:
> > Quoting Richard Cleaveland <>:
> >
> > <snip> For instance, in the List of citations report, the
> > option for names includes the possibility of identifying
> > the citation by ID, Reference field, or both.
> >
> > Ah ha! - that's exactly the kind of thing I was trying to
> > find and couldn't see - I guess I really do have to go
> > and get new glasses! Thank you.
>
> That's a different Reference Field. The one that can be associated
> names on the List of Citations report (and likewise on other reports,
> and can be used to sort various reports) is the Reference field
> associated with a person. It's found the the little box at the upper
> right of the Details screen, and accessed by double clicking on it.
> There is only one field per person, which is why it can be associated
> with persons or names in reports.
>
> The field I think you are talking about - the one on the Citation
> screen - is part of the citation. There can be hundreds of them per
> person, if you have multiple tags, and multiple citations per tag. As
> I replied yesterday in a message I've not yet seen come back on the
> List, it will print in your source notes if you add the source
> elements [CREF] to the full and/or short footnote templates.
>
>
> Looks like RootsWeb is losing messages again. :-(
>
> Terry Reigel
>
>
>
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