- #Syncing source citations from rootsmagic 7 to ancestry software
- #Syncing source citations from rootsmagic 7 to ancestry series
If you want to attach an existing source to a new fact, you have to know exactly how you titled the source - or the name of another person to whom you attached it, so you can cross-check and find it the hard way. I have the Kindle version, so it is with me anywhere.Īll three products score badly on this. In all cases, though, I think sources are best created with Evidence Explained near at hand. It includes a top-notch tool for creating your own Source Templates, making it the most flexible of the three.įTM does a workable job, though it offers the least specific guidance of the three, particularly at the citation detail level.
RM offers reasonable structure, though not as specific as LFT. I also hit on inflexibilities in LFT, but it offers an Override option when the record is not offering the fields you need. I am impressed with LFT’s SourceWriter infrastructure, which even allows you to find your source template based on the page in Evidence Explained - very helpful. Guidance in source creation to standardsĪll three products offer methods to create citations that adhere to the standards of Evidence Explained, with varying degrees of success. RM does the best job of making this distinction. Both FTM and LFT create situations that would confuse new users, in failing to make clear the distinction between a source and its citation detail. I found the three products very similar in the technical creation of new sources, apart from the specific aspects discussed below. Source citation aspect descriptions Ease of creating new sources Feature AspectĪttaching source citation to multiple facts This table gives a high-level score to each product for a number of aspects of the source citation feature. The source citation feature - scores by aspect I’d love to see the product that combines the best of all of these. With a very little effort, though, either of the others could unseat them. Looking at the details, though, I came to the conclusion that RootsMagic has done the best job. None are perfect, but all are above average.
#Syncing source citations from rootsmagic 7 to ancestry software
How well are source citations handled by the Big Three genealogical software packages: Family Tree Maker (FTM), Legacy Family Tree (LFT), and RootsMagic (RM)? I have good news. To view the comprehensive scorecard as it develops, see The Desktop Dilemma Series: features in a nutshell.
How easy do they make it to leave an effective bread-crumb trail back to where you found your facts?
#Syncing source citations from rootsmagic 7 to ancestry series
This newest installment of the Desktop Dilemma series takes up the question of how the Big Three genealogy desktop software packages handle citing sources.
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