I don't know if there's a way to do this in Legacy because what you're describing is not something I do. If you want to keep a contact list of particular lines, surely you can make notes in your Addressbook or make a text document with your information, something/anything that's searchable. ----- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog
On 6/20/2010 12:56 PM, JMB wrote: > I keep all my old EMails though of course with Ancestry, GenesReunited > it can be a problem to get people contact you via real EMail or give you > their EMail address. > > I paste all messages into Notes and if there some useful information it > will be added to the file with the message again pasted into the Source. > > The problem is when I have one line that might have many dozens of > Individuals and I might have a number of contacts over the years about > this line and have stored the messages as described. I then get some bew > information which I would like to share with these people and want to > find a quick way to retrieve their details. > > > MB > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* JLB <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, 20 June, 2010 20:26:14 > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Storing details of contacts > > I keep all my email correspondence from cousins, near and far, and print > it out as pdf's. If it's source material (it isn't always) I attach it > as a source and put the relevant passage in the Source Detail Text and > the page number of the pdf. Some of these pdf's ramble on forever. > > If you've been using the information given to you but not sourcing it > and not keeping their emails then yes, it would be a problem. Unless you > can contact them each again and start from scratch. > ----- > JL > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog > > On 6/20/2010 12:07 PM, JMB wrote: > > Something on those lines is probably the best compromise. > > > > I just had an example of a contact from someone about a distant branch > > of my family that I spent some time looking at a few years ago. I was in > > contact with about half a dozen people but fortunately I have put the > > surname in their entries in my OUTLOOK address book so I was able to > > find them all easily. Each of them quite probably contacted me about a > > different person in that line, it is retrieving that information that is > > the problem. > > > > > > MB > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Connie Sheets <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Sunday, 20 June, 2010 19:25:27 > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Storing details of contacts > > > > There are several ways you could do this (or something quite similar). > > > > When the contact gives me specific info/data, say in an e-mail, I attach > > a Source Citation to the data/event using the e-mail template. I have > > also started printing the e-mail to PDF and attaching it that way. > > > > When it becomes apparent that we may have an ongoing correspondence, I > > try to get at least the basics of the person's descent from the ancestor > > of common interest, and enter that person with their line of descent in > > my database (particularly if the contact provides me with a lot of > > information). > > > > If you create a Mailing Address entry for the person, the Address screen > > has a Notes tab where you can record anything you want, such as the > > surnames they are searching. You can then go to Master Lists> Address > > Lists> Mailing and pull up the data that way. > > > > What you are describing is also the purpose of a Correspondence Log, > > which has been in existence for eons, at least in paper form. The To Do > > feature will allow you to replicate a Correspondence Log (not in the > > same format as one usually sees in paper logs, but with the same > > content, or more). Note that one of the types of "to dos" is > > Correspondence; by creating a Mailing Address entry for the contact and > > attaching it to a Correspondence To Do (instead of the default > > Repository Address) you have another way of accessing the info. > > > > So, pick the one (or more) that works best for you. But in particular, > > if they are giving you data either through e-mail or from their online > > trees, they are a source and you should be recording them as such, IMO. > > > > Connie > > > > > > --- On Sun, 6/20/10, JMB <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > When I make a contact through Ancestry, Genes Reunited etc I usually > > paste the message into the Notes for the Individual in my tree that the > > contact asked about (or I originated to query about). It can get > > difficult to remember who has contacted me about who. I have thought of > > starting to use To Do as a way of storing the information because they > > can all be listed. > > > > What I would really like is some sort of note that can be attached to > > all the ancestors of an Individual so I could quickly see any contacts > > who have the common ancestor. I would need to be able to edit this so I > > could removed some Individuals and add to others if I got further > > information. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
