It’s a discussion forum where someone posted a similar question. Google can help you quickly tap into answers.Ī Google search of how to name sources in Rootsmagic leads to a web page called. If you have a question, chances are someone out there has had it too. You know me, I often turn to Google for answers. There are lots of other ways to do it out there. And I always keep my eyes open for new and better ways to do things like this, but even when I find them, I weigh them against the question, “Do I really want to invest the time in changing this that I would have invested in research?” Usually the answer is “No!” unless my way has a proven flaw that will cause me more grief in the end. Remember, these are your sources, and you can do with them as you please. You are the only one who will be working with them.Īgain, I’m sharing a process that works well for me. ![]() I could have named the source “Census 1940 Kings Co CA ED16-20 p6,” which is indeed one single unique page of that census but that just isn’t as helpful to me later for retrieval. I find it fits better with my hard drive organization, and saves me time down the road when I’m working with a particular family. Yes, it is a duplication (and I rarely duplicate effort), but in this case it works for me and I’m consistent. ![]() I save that same census page to the other family’s surname folder on my computer as well. What if there’s another related family on the same page of that census? This is where personal preference comes in. This mirrors my hard drive organization methodology, which I teach in my. I know that if I need a source for where Pauline was in 1940, I would find her under her husband Jay Bee. The source may also mention his wife Pauline, and his son Ronald, but I don’t need to take up space including all of those name in the file name. If the source is about Jay Bee himself, it works. It is Jay Bee Moore my grandfather rather than his grandfather), Surname, then head of households first name. The date gives me a time frame of reference (i.e. Here’s an example of my simple approach to naming sources: Record type Year Surname First name (head of household) Example: Census 1940 Moore Jay Bee This way, all census records are grouped together in the source list. RootsMagic 7 allows us to attach our images, so that is no longer an issue. Actually that software did it automatically which I really liked, mainly because I put that number in the name of the digital file for the corresponding record image. I used to number my sources long ago in my old database software. If you have a naming convention that you follow that works, having a very long list won’t be as intimidating. Do you add ID numbers to your sources? Thanks to Helen for the question! Naming your sources in RootsMagic is really a personal preference, so the first rule of thumb is not so much about what you call them, but rather that you do so consistently. But if the name is too specific, your source list gets very long very quickly. If the names are too general, then you have a lot of data entry for each incident. I’d love to hear your strategy for naming your sources say census records. ![]() I have watched their webinars for sourcing and understand the basic how-to. ![]() She sent me this question about how to name sources in RootsMagic: “I stripped out all sources from my old file before exporting the GEDCOM because I wanted to start fresh with a consistent system in RootsMagic 7. My preference? Simply and consistently! Helen recently transitioned from Mac Family Tree 7 to RootsMagic 7. Run Family Atlas on your Mac without Windows. RootsMagic 7 for Mac allows you to run the award-winning genealogy software on your Mac- no Windows required! One of the most common questions we are asked is, 'When will RootsMagic run on a Mac?' With RootsMagic 7 for Mac, the answer is 'right now'. How to name sources in RootsMagic 7 is a matter of personal preference.
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