Chris, I briefly played with Clooz and Bygones many years ago, and wrote them off as clunky and unnecessary duplication of effort. But I didn't use them long enough to know their full capability, so it may be you are used to some functions that just can't be duplicated in Legacy. If so, be sure to check out some of the Legacy add-on programs that are available. [I also still rely on paper files and my memory for many of those a-ha moments].
That disclaimer stated, here are some things I do that may be somewhat responsive to your question: Legacy allows you to enter unconnected individuals and families in your database. So, for my Hancock mystery in Southern Illinois, I have all kinds of Hancock individuals and family groups in my database that are not linked to my Hancock ancestor. If I ever find proof they are related, all I need to do is link them to my ancestor. The Events function in Legacy is powerful. What I do, instead of entering those documents, obituaries, etc. into ByGones/Clooz, is enter the data from them directly into Legacy, usually as an event, transcribe them if necessary, construct the Source Citation, and attach a scan of the document itself. If the document mentions multiple individuals, I copy the Event using the Event Clipboard, and with a couple of clicks can add the same info to the other individuals in the database. Once the data is entered, the Legacy search functions are also powerful: play around with that function, and the Help files and Tutorials for it, and see if it won't meet many of your needs. For example, you could create a report for all individuals in XYZ County with the first name Gerry, and another for the first name Jeremiah, and then be able to see if you have duplicate individuals. Or, you could search for all people born in Illinois between 1850 and 1890 with the surname Hancock. If Events doesn't quite fit the info I have, I will use the General Notes or Research Notes screens to jot down information that might be relevant. For example, if I have a Gerry Brown and a Jeremiah Brown and I'm not sure yet if they are the same person, I'll make a notation to that effect in the Research Notes for each individual, i.e. "Is this the same person as Jeremiah Brown, RIN 7644?" and "Is this the same person as Gerry Brown, RIN 2455?" Am I getting closer to being responsive to your question? Connie --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Chris CG <914ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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
