Source
You should always enter a source when you are adding information about a person. The source indicates where you got the date or location or information about this person. Even though you know where you got the information, if you do not document the source, you will forget sometime in the next 10 years and then it will take you a long time to document the source in the future.
The source might be a book, a letter from a relative, a birth certificate, or even a phone call with someone. Put enough information in the source fields so that another person reading your work will be able tell where you got the information and also would be able to find that source themselves.
When you click the column below the S on the events grid, a window will open where you may view or add sources. To add a source for this event, click Add Source. Then you may pick from a list of existing sources or you may add a new source.
The source lines can be printed as footnotes on several reports.
If the source is a book, you can use the same source for several people and indicate the page number for this person. Include the word "page" so that the word "page" will print with the footnote. You can use the page field for the "reel" number if the source is referring to microfilm.
You may optionally use the quality field to hold a number which indicates the quality of the information.
If a source is attached to an event, the letter S will appear in the S column for the event.
If you have a general source for the person that does not apply to just one event, you may pick Source from the top menu, then General Source for person.