Maybe this will clarify my original question: When I have a "new" document, photo, newspaper obituary, or anything else I find that might relate to my "family", I first enter and transcribe it into ByGones and/or Clooz and then cut/paste relevant information into Legacy to create a master source which will be assigned to people in my Legacy database.
My main purpose for using the additional programs is to record and track things that point to people I can't identify - witnesses to events, individuals or families with the same last name and in the same geographical area as known ancestors, or other snippets of information. As I keep entering information from more and more sources, some of those unidentified people start to appear more than once and previously unknown relationships and patterns emerge. This in turn leads to some "Voila!" moments including brick-wall breakthroughs. Things like "so that's who grandpa used to talk about" or "Gerry and Jeremiah are actually the same person" or "I need to find out more about so-and-so who has been present at these four family weddings". What I want to do now is move all of this research and analysis into Legacy to take advantage of all the additional information recorded there, and discontinue the duplication of efforts required to maintain the additional databases. I am hoping to get some guidance, ideas and practical advice from others who are already better at this than I am. Since everyone using Legacy has to manage this same kind of information and documentation, I am frustrated that the Legacy help resources I have searched through don't address this aspect of using Legacy. Chris On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Kathy Meyer <kmeyer2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think Dave thought you were talking about organizing your records in > general; i.e., in your filing cabinets, on your hard drive, etc. Perhaps > you were really asking where these documents should be attached in your > Legacy file? i.e., should you attach a census doc as an event or as a > source? I'm just guessing but that's what I thought when I saw him send > that link. > > I'm interested in all of the above; I need to get busy attaching docs etc. > I have held off because I need to organize my hard drive before attaching > everything in Legacy (due to the other recent discussion about what happens > when you have to restore your legacy file including multimedia - the path > has to be the same for the multimedia so I need to get my files organized on > my HD and backed up specifically for that purpose before attaching) > > So maybe you can be a tad more specific about your question? You will get > your answer eventually :-) Kathy > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Chris CG <914ch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dave, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> I have searched through that list but haven't located ANY entries >> making reference to Legacy Family Tree software. Am I doing something >> wrong in the search window? >> >> Chris >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, David Hook <daveh...@rogers.com> wrote: >> > Chris: >> > >> > For help on managing documentation, I recommend the >> > Record-Keeping-Methodology mailing list. Details on how to subscribe are >> > here: >> > >> > >> > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Computing/RECORD-KEEPING-METHODOLOGY.html >> > >> > >> > Dave >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > > -- > Kathy Meyer > "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have > never before done." > --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 > > Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different > results. ~ Albert Einstein > > > 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 > 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
