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Post by Keith Wilson » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:37 am

Originally posted by jillaine smith

Well, no one had an answer to my a href=" http://ifamilyforleopard.com/forums/YaB ... 1221179567" question about when to use INDEX as a source type /a .

So here's another question.

When do you use " Personal Knowledge" as a source type?
When do you use " Interview" ?
When do you use Email or E-mail Message? (And how do you distinguish between " Email" and " E-Mail Message" ?

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Post by mtpaper » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:02 pm

Hi Jillaine -

I'm new to iFamily. Altho I've used a variety of PC-based genealogy software in the past, it's only now that I'm starting to use Sources at all.

Personal Knowledge: I don't see this as a Source Type....
- I created a Source for an interview with myself, and use that for Personal Knowledge
- things that I grew up knowing to be true, or that I'm too lazy to find authentic sources. My birthdate, marriage, residence, graduation dates, siblings' birthdates..... I figure I can go back and look at everything I allocated to my personal knowledge and

Interview
- used for phone or face-to-face conversations, mostly with my aunt

Email vs Email Message
- I don't see those as 2 separate options in iFamily...
- I've been going back to past emails I've received, writing them to pdfs and using those as the sources
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Post by Keith Wilson » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:10 am

In iFamily you can add as many Source Types as you like - you are not constrained to using the list that is there by default. For instructions on adding a new Source Type click on the Help button to the right of Source Type in the Sources Add/Edit dialog

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Post by mtpaper » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:55 pm

in that case, my answer is: I don't distinguish between Email and Email-Message
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Post by Keith Wilson » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:11 pm

The default list only includes "E-mail message"

I suspect that you have imported a Gedcom file that had "Email" as a Source Type and that iFamily created an extra type to accommodate your data.

If you want to combine them all into one Source Type then:
  • Open Sources Add/Edit dialog
  • Click on the column header for Type
  • Select all the ones you want to change
  • Select the Source Type (or type in a new Source Type)
All of the selected sources will now have their Source Type changed.

Warning: The above technique is a special for the Sources Add/Edit dialog. If you make a mess then Close the dialog and press Cmd+Z immediately.

Keith

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