Using SourceWriter - check the templates.

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Mitch Parker Are you referring to having the Source Writer choose the correct template for a census by answering the questions with the drop down menus? There are several templates because the citations are written different depending on the medium (microfilm or online images).  Does this screenshot help?

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  1. Mitch ParkerMay 15, 2015 at 1:19 PM

    Thank you everyone for assisting me with this!  Joyce Herzog, I have looked over the different templates and many of them appear to be exactly the same, then I find one that mentions Ancestry.com.  That is where I found the information so I think maybe that one is the one I should use.  When it asks for source details I wasn't sure whether to input the details about the source or the details I found within the source.  Ed Allard answered that.  Monique Riley before I was using added new sources option and I thought maybe that was why I had so many census templates.  Thank you all for helping me with this problem!

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  2. Monique RileyMay 15, 2015 at 2:02 PM

    Yes, Mitch Parker , If you have already chosen and used a template once, for let's say the 1910 Federal census, that was online at Ancestry, you would choose that in your Master Source list for the second instance instead of creating a new one every time.

    You can combine a master source with another one if they really are exactly the same- master source and source detail. Do this by clicking in the Source List Name in the Master Source List and then click on "Combine Highlighted Source with Another in List" at the bottom of the screen. Then highlight the dedicated source and click the button at the bottom of the screen.

     Be careful doing this though, as you will lose the first source, if they were indeed not exactly the same, including the detailed information.

    Or, combine duplicates using the Options button on the Master Source List, by choosing Combine Duplicates. This option combines any sources that are identical in every way.

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  3. Mitch ParkerMay 15, 2015 at 2:33 PM

    Thank you.  I had over 400 duplicates some how that was great advise.  Thanks again.

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  4. Monique RileyMay 15, 2015 at 3:38 PM

    I should have added that one should always make a backup of their file anytime they merge or make significant changes to it just in case things don't work out how they thought they would.  That way you can restore the older copy if needed.

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