tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post7839690544228115145..comments2024-03-24T23:03:59.140+11:00Comments on GeniAus: Fresh EyesGeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-53954986073619894132012-05-26T09:01:49.628+10:002012-05-26T09:01:49.628+10:00@Rosemary I don't worry too much about how a s...@Rosemary I don't worry too much about how a source is cited. When I cite my aim is to provide sufficient information for another person to find the resource that I am citing. It is easy for me to do this in Family Historian so I am happy. Disciples of ES Mills may be able to comment further on this part of the program.GeniAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-880056193073465872012-05-26T03:22:16.829+10:002012-05-26T03:22:16.829+10:00@Shelley, That sounds intriguing. I can, if left t...@Shelley, That sounds intriguing. I can, if left to my own devices, become the complete software junkie. I have to slap my hand to stop purchasing every new little thing otherwise I would get absolutely nothing done.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230436754902585388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-24297918432437354262012-05-25T10:35:50.537+10:002012-05-25T10:35:50.537+10:00@Jill Yes it's definitely a different user int...<b>@Jill</b> Yes it's definitely a different user interface! I now tend to work with a bare-bones diagram on one side and the properties window on the other. It makes it easy to navigate from person to person and to quickly work out who a name in a record refers to. It's fun to just drag on the diagram to create a new parent or child. I did think that working with a diagram was gimmicky at first but now I love it. <br />The diagrams can also be used to see at a glance what information is there and missing by use of flags and custom text schemes. I haven’t got that set up yet, one thing at a time... I also like that you can add eg a residence fact to a husband, copy the fact on the Facts screen, click his wife on the diagram and just paste the same fact to her record, source and all. It takes a little setting up, but it’s so customisable and the customisations are all shareable.<br />Have you downloaded Ancestral Sources? It’s great for entering census data.<br /><b>@Rosemary</b> It doesn't have source templates, just "title", "short title", “author”, "publication information" and "repository" fields. I have taken to entering the entire citation as I want it to appear in the title field and keeping a separate document with my own templates to cut and paste for document types I use frequently. I miss out on having parts of the title italicised and having variations for first citation, subsequent citations and bibliography (which most programs provide) but that’s not a big deal for me.<br />I’ve been doing a lot of electoral roll work myself and your comment inspired me to try something – I just created my first plugin! It takes details of the Division, polling place etc and assembles them into a new source record. I might have to do my own blog post on that. Now I’m getting all sorts of ideas about expanding my little plugin to other common Australian records… <br /><b>@Jill</b> I’d be happy to forward you a copy of the plugin if you wanted to try it – probably best to use on a test database as I am a complete newbie at programming.Shelley Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-92117747685085383212012-05-24T14:32:54.394+10:002012-05-24T14:32:54.394+10:00Jill, how does it handle Australian records? I'...Jill, how does it handle Australian records? I'm thinking of the Electoral Rolls in particular. I use Family Tree Maker and have been using a generic census template for the sources which is working pretty well.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230436754902585388noreply@blogger.com