* Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Is there any simple way to change a source to a citation? I've pretty much got the hang of them now, but I do occasionally find something I've entered earlier as a source that really should have been a citation. For instance, My source, 'Find a Grave' also has the burial entry for John Sunderland as part of the source, when nowadays I have learned that I want individual entries to be citations. Is there a way to find these (I don't think there are that many!) and change them - I know I can cut and paste ... but I have to find them first!
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Re: Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Sorry, I can't think of any shortcuts to that.
You will just have to review each Source record in the Sources tab of the Records Window.
You will just have to review each Source record in the Sources tab of the Records Window.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
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Re: Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Are your "problem" sources more likely to contain a source-level Text From Source? This is not displayed in the Records Window by default, but you can add it (right-click on the column headings, select "Configure Columns..., then <Other>, click on the right arrow, then on << Insert Data Ref..., and finally Text From Source about halfway down the list).
It doesn't convert them, but it might make finding them easier.
It doesn't convert them, but it might make finding them easier.
Mark Draper
Re: Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Thanks for the input - it’s always worth asking!