I used to say that I was researching my genealogy. Now, after over 15 years, I have started over because much of what I had gathered in the beginning did not have a source citation attached. Nor did I know anything about putting notes in the research section so that when I came back to a person after a very long time I would know what I had already searched and where I thought I might search next. I guess I should have just called it "Gathering Family Folktales". As painful as it is, I have started over, using my old database as just a reference point. I have come up with a couple of problems.
1. There are times when I find in a source only the date of an event such as a birth date but no location. Then I'll find just the location but not the date or at least not the full date. How do I source it in Legacy to reflect that a source had half of the birth date and another source had the other half with out having to put an alt. birth event? Or is this the only way to do this? Because if this is so then reports like the Pedegree chart will only list half of the information. 2. I have begun using the to-do feature in Legacy and have found it a wonderful resource for keeping track of where I've looked and what my thoughts were on a specific piece of research. Even if I looked at a source and did not find anything in it for what I am looking for, I add it as a source on that particular to-do item with a notation in the source detail that I did not find anything concerning the item I was looking for. Sometimes I put why I researched a particular source if it isn't clear as to why I was looking at it. Sometimes I make a note in the source detail that there was a good description of an area where an ancestor lived or that it had a map that may prove handy to go back to, or even to list some of the sources in the bibliography as possible places to also look for certain information. My question on this is if there is an easier way to print what sources were searched for an individual person or event if it was not actually used as a source for that person or event. I ask this because Legacy has a glitch at the moment that will not print your sources for your to-do list. It just lists a number and nothing else. I already asked tech support and they are aware of this problem and will fix it on a future release. I'm am just hoping there might be a work around in the meanwhile. digital image by subscription Geographia - World Travel Destinations, Culture and History Guide. InterKnowledge Corp., Northern Ireland - History of Derry (http://www.geographia.com/northern-ireland/ukider01.htm : accessed 22 May 2010), History of Derry [and the creation of Londonderry]. Repository: Geographia - World Travel Destinations, Culture and History Guide, i...@geographia.com, http://www.geographia.com. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
