{"id":10456,"date":"2020-06-29T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=10456"},"modified":"2024-02-24T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T18:00:40","slug":"automatic-source-citation","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/automatic-source-citation\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatic Source Citation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Automatic Source Citation is a very powerful tool to ensure you remember to cite Sources for all your conclusions. Prior to entering new information that originates from the same Source, switch on automatic source citation using <a href=\"#!\" class=\"cs_tooltip\" fhugtt=\"This is the menu across the top of the main Family Historian windows. The &gt; denotes a submenu\">Tools&nbsp&gt;&nbspAutomatic&nbspSource&nbspCitations<\/a>. In <span class=\"fh\" style=\"font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 21.4286px !important;\">\u0192<span style=\"color:#73B262; font-weight: bold;\">h<\/span><\/span>6 and <span class=\"fh\" style=\"font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 21.4286px !important;\">\u0192<span style=\"color:#73B262; font-weight: bold;\">h<\/span><\/span>7 there is an enhanced <em>Automatic Source Citation<\/em> pane that can also be opened by a toolbar button <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cs_v alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/automaticsourcecitationpane_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"31\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 34px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 34\/31;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests each new entry is assigned the source automatically. An example of use is the entry of a branch of a tree from another researcher where the source remains constant; or creating a series of facts and relationships based on the contents of a Birth Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>One useful tip is that, in V6 and above, you can adjust items in the citation, by editing the content of the <em>Automatic Source Citation<\/em> pane. For example, you could be citing a sequence of birth index records from a &#8216;lumped&#8217; GRO Index source.\u00a0 \u00a0Select the Source in the <em>Automatic Source Citation<\/em> pane, click the <em>Enable Automatics Source Citations<\/em> button and edit the\u00a0<em>Where within Source <\/em>field to reflect each reference as you create each birth fact.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to Disable the feature when you&#8217;ve finished, by clicking on the button that says\u00a0<em>Enabled.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/family-historian-documentation#GettingTheMost\">&#8220;Getting the Most From Family Historian&#8221;<\/a> Chapter 11\/12 \u2013 Recording Your Sources for more details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[13,14,15,739],"skill_level":[17],"topic":[83],"class_list":["post-10456","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v4","fh_version-v5","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","skill_level-intermediate","topic-sources-and-citations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/10456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=10456"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=10456"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=10456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}