Trying to edit a Master Source.
I edited the bibliography portion, however, the Subsequent Citation remains the same. The source is the WV vital records website. When I originally set up the master source I categorized it as death records. I should have used Vital Records because now I have a marriage record. Is there any way to do this without messing up the records I have already entered? Thanks so much for any help.
I have had a lot of source clean up to do...and still have more. I would find everyone who uses that source and tag them. Then I would create the new source the way you want it. Then I would go through those tagged people and add the new source and the details (tedious I know) and then delete the old. I don't believe there is a way to change the source template.
ReplyDeleteMy sources are categorized as birth, death, or marriage records not Vital Records. It just depends how you want them set up. It's what works for you. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Shannon! I would normally categorize as birth, death, and marriage records also. But, this website has all three of them together. It is West Virginia Archives & History www.wvculture.org. If you have people in WV it is wonderful. I will follow through on the correction because it just isn't correct. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteI use mine as different ones and I have stuff in there from that WV site. If you go to add a new source, you can pick death, marriage or whatever. It has different fields to pre-fill depending on what you pick. Just like Family Search, you find census, marriage, death, birth, passenger lists and all kinds of stuff there but you wouldn't have a generic Family Search source. I name mine appropriately - 1880 Census at FamilySearch, WV death certificates, etc. That way I know what site they came from.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly! Of course, you are correct. I am taking a different approach. I'm fortunate that I have only eleven to fix. :-)
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