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by mawyn
Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:11 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports
Replies: 6
Views: 2216

Re: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports

Thanks for your help. I think I now know enough to be able to get going.
by mawyn
Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:55 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports
Replies: 6
Views: 2216

Re: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports

I have 1296 sources that are referred to simply by the numbers. Can I just write {234} for example in my text and Bookends will automatically match it to User1 instead of to a page number? Or can I tell Bookends only to try to match the field User1? If so, could you point me to the place in the docu...
by mawyn
Fri Jul 02, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports
Replies: 6
Views: 2216

Re: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports

Thanks for the information, Jon. I took a look at the RIS specifications online. Maybe what I can do is write a script to transform the GEDCOM tags to RIS tags. That should be pretty straightforward. I think I will save the Reunion reference number, as you suggested, in a separate user field. If I m...
by mawyn
Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:05 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports
Replies: 6
Views: 2216

Importing genealogy references and scannning generated reports

I plan to use Bookends to generate citations and bibliography for a detailed written report of the results of my family history research. I've been reading the Bookends documentation and have watched the videos. It seems that my intended use scenario for Bookends is somewhat different from the norma...