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LifeLines supports source, event and other, user-defined record types. You access these features through the x operation from the main menu. When you select this operation LifeLines displays the following menu:
What activity do you want to perform? 1 Add a source record to the database 2 Edit source record from the database 3 Add an event record to the database 4 Edit event record from the database 5 Add an other record to the database 6 Edit other record from the database q Return to the main menu |
The implementation of source, event and user-defined records is quite new in LifeLines, and is still primitive. For example, sources cannot be searched by title or by author, you cannot browse to sources or events, as you can to persons and families, and so forth. In addition, there is no way to delete these new records. These shortcomings may be addressed in future releases.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | This operation adds a new source record to the database.
LifeLines creates a template source and puts you in your screen
editor to edit the template.
The default template is:
0 SOUR 1 REFN 1 TITL Title 1 AUTH AuthorDo not change the 0 SOUR line. Otherwise you may edit this record any way you like. The 1 REFN line is a special line you can
use to give the source a symbolic name that can be used in other records to
refer to the source record.
Because many sources have a title and an author, the default template
has these lines. Here is how I recorded one of the sources in my
database:
0 SOUR 1 REFN jcw 1 TITL The Wetmore Family of America, and its Collateral 2 CONT Branches: with Genealogical, Biographical, and 2 CONT Historical Notices 1 AUTH James Carnahan Wetmore 1 PUBL 2 DATE 1861 2 PLAC Albany, New York 2 INST Munsell and Rowland 2 ADDR 78 State Street |
| 2 | Use this operation to edit an existing source record already in
the database.
When you select this operation LifeLines asks you to identify a source:
Which source record do you want to edit? enter key or refn:Identify a source by entering its key value, with or without the leading S, or by entering its REFN value. LifeLines retrieves the record and puts you in the editor with the record. |
| 3 | This operation adds a new event record to the database.
LifeLines creates a template event and puts you in the screen editor to
edit the template. The default
template is:
0 EVEN 1 REFN 1 DATE 1 PLAC 1 INDI 2 NAME 2 ROLE 1 SOURDo not change the 0 EVEN line. Otherwise you may edit this record any way you like. The 1 REFN line allows you to give this
event a symbolic name you can use when you want to refer to this event from
other records.
The default template suggests that an event has a date, a place, and
refers to persons in roles with respect to the event.
There is far less experience with event-based GEDCOM than there is with
simple person and family GEDCOM.
You may even be wondering why you would need event records when you can
simply tuck events away in person and family records.
This is a topic may get covered in an article someday. |
| 4 | Use this operation to edit an existing event record in the
database.
When you select this operation LifeLines asks you to identify
an event:
Which event record do you want to edit? enter key or refn:You identify a event by entering its key value, with or without the leading E, or by entering its REFN value. LifeLines retrieves the record and places you in the screen editor with the record. |
| 5 | This operation adds a new user-defined record to the database.
LifeLines creates a template and puts you in the screen editor to edit
the template.
The default template is:
0 XXXX 1 REFNReplace XXXX with the tag string you select for the type of the
new record.
You are free to choose any tag value except INDI, FAM, SOUR
and EVEN.
For example, if you keep record information about the ships that your
North American immigrant ancestors arrived on, you would keep records
about those ships in your database; the tag SHIP suggests itself
for such records.
The 1 REFN line allows you to give this
record a symbolic name you can use when you want to refer to it from other records. |
| 6 | Use this operation to edit an existing user-defined record from
the database. When you select this operation LifeLines asks you to
identify the record:
What record do you want to edit? enter key or refn:You identify a record by entering its key value, with or without the leading X, or by entering its REFN value. LifeLines retrieves the record and places you in your screen editor with the record. |
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