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From: "Rose Staples" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Types
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:34:12 -0400
References: <4D7AC710.8090505@gmail.com> <201131120193.064825@Terry>
In-Reply-To: <201131120193.064825@Terry>


Thank you I have her book....I am imported my file from FTM version 16 and I
can see I am far from understanding how to us the TMG but I really want to
"master" it....

Rose Staples PLCGS


We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our
lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these
sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes
and return to us as results.
~ Herman Melville, 1819-1891


-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:] On Behalf
Of Terry Reigel
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:19 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Types

Rick Van Dusen wrote:

> 1. While TMG has built-in Lackey- and Mills-"compliant"
> Source Types built-in, the user is generally encouraged
> to choose the Custom option

Rose,

You don't need to worry about this point - as a new user, that was the
default, and it's exactly what you should be using.

> 2. Many users find a type that is close to what they
> want, then copy it and customize the copy to suit their
> particular needs.

As a new user, the best thing to do choose a type that is similar to the
type of record you have, and use that. The name of the Source Type isn't
important. What's important is that it have the elements that are
appropriate for the type of source you have at hand, so it can produce
footnotes or endnotes that adequately describe the type of source you are
using.

I find having a copy of Elizabeth Mills "Evidence!" at hand to understand
how the notes should look to be very helpful. It's only around $15.

Terry Reigel

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