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SourceWriter - formát pro záznam rodiny

Version 8 of Legacy heralds the introduction of the Family Group Record (FGR) format of SourceWriter.  The FGR format uses the same template-driven architecture as the traditional version of SourceWriter.  In version 8 you still have the option of using the SourceWriter System (traditional version), the Basic Source System or the new FGR format of SourceWriter.

The FGR format was developed for use in documenting sources on a Family Group Record form.  A citation created using the FGR format of SourceWriter has a look and feel more like that included on FGRFs in a traditional book of remembrance, rather than the more academic look and feel of the footnote, endnote and bibliography citations produced by the traditional version of SourceWriter.

To select the FGR format of SourceWriter, choose Options > Customize from the Ribbon bar and then choose 7. Sources on the Customize Legacy window.  Under option 7.1 Source Entry System, select Use FGR format.

Here are some highlights about the FGR format of SourceWriter.

1.  Record locator information has been added to Master Sources. 

The traditional version of SourceWriter includes record locator information (e.g., Film Number, FHL Film Number, Film Item Number] in the detail fields rather than the master source fields; however, record locator information is reusable across multiple records in a family database, since ancestral families tended to remain in the same geographical location from generation to generation.

In the FGR format, fields for record locator information have been moved from the detail fields to the master fields.  Other master fields have been added for additional record locator types (e.g., call number, manuscript number, card number).

2.  The initial drop-down menu of SourceWriter has been simplified.

The number of categories on the initial drop-down menu (pick list) has been reduced from 53 to 7.  The system is designed so that the first six categories account for over 80% of all source documentation. The names of these categories have been reworked to be more intuitive and familiar (1.  birth/christening records; 2.  marriage records;   3.  death/burial records; 4.  census records; 5.  wills and probate records; and 6. books/ periodicals).

The seventh category includes the less-common source types, which were a part of the drop-down menu in the traditional version of SourceWriter (projected to account for less than 20% of source documentation).

3.  The sequence of questions has been changed for the three life-event categories.

The first field for the three life-event categories asks the user to select where the record was found:

a.  Was the birth/christening record found in church records, governmental records or Frakturs?

b.  Was the marriage record found in church records, governmental records or Frakturs?

c.  Was the death/burial record found in church records, governmental records, cemetery records, U.S. military headstone records or newspaper obituaries?

4.  Documentation for copies (derivatives) of original records has been simplified.

With the extensive microfilming and digitization of records that has taken place over the years, most sources are some form of film or electronic copy of the original record (derivative).  If the record cited is a derivative work, it is not necessary to document the original repository name, city and/or state.  The FGR format requests the user to select early in the logical process whether the source being cited was a copy (derivative) of the original record (the large majority of cases) or the originial record itself (the small minority of cases).  Once the user selects the copy/derivative option, no fields appear requesting that the user enter information about the original repository name, city or state.

5.  Questions about bound volumes vs. loose records have been minimized.

It can be confusing to users when asked whether information they found in a copy of an original record (e.g., microfilm copy or digital image) was copied or derived from a record that in its original form was part of a bound volume or a box or bundle of loose papers.  Knowing bound vs. loose is only of importance in those rare instances where the user found the information in an original record.

In the FGR format, users are provided a choice between derivative and original as the first question in the logic tree.  If they choose the derivative option, they are not asked any questions about bound vs. loose (i.e., only if they choose the original option are they asked to respond to bound vs. loose).

6.  Enhancements have been made to the Awills and probate records@ category.

For probate records in some geographical areas and time periods (e.g., England prior to 1858), jurisdiction was held in ecclesiastical courts.  The geographical areas covered by these ecclesiastical courts were not congruent with the political subdivisions of the country; therefore, to allow accurate documentation in these cases, the FGR format replaces the jurisdiction state and jurisdiction county with a new field name, probate court.

Other new field names (concepts) have been created together with applicable sample text (grey font example text showing the type of information to be entered).  These new field names include: estate record type, will date, probate date, inventory date, probate court and occupation.  They allow the creation of the following type of citation:

"Will of John Scartcliffe of Hockerton, husbandman, dated 12 August 1598, proved 9 January 1598/9, inventory taken 4 April 1599, Prerogative Court of York, volume 23, folio 477, FHL microfilm 1,234,567, item 2."

7.  New record groups have been added.

Three new record groups have been added to the FGR format of SourceWriter, including:

a.  Newspaper obituaries, as a subcategory under death/burial records

b.  Death notices (e.g., like those found in governmental records in South Africa), as a subcategory under death/burial records

c.  Poor law records, added as its own subcategory under other records with an internal division for those found in church records and those found in governmental records.

8.  Some source records were reclassified.

a.  Frakturs.  Frakturs have been moved to their own subcategory under birth/ christening records and marriage records.  In traditional SourceWriter, they were a subcategory under church records.  While the content of Frakturs may have come from church records, they are actually works of art commissioned or purchased by an individual or family.

b.  LDS Genealogical Compilations.  These records have been moved to their own subcategory under other records.  Although the LDS Church is the custodian, and, in some cases, the author/compiler of the records, they are not church records in the same sense as membership records or ward/branch records.

c.  Military headstone records.  These records have been moved to their own subcategory under death/burial records.
 

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