Kirsten, I tried that myself for a couple of years or so, but you must be a better person than I, as it became a massive parking lot for unsolved links! I found that I just never got round to looking in it. If it works for you, then great, as you know I am a great beliver in each to their own.
My salvation arrived, at least for my primary surname when I started my One-Name database, which originally started with all the oddments which I had not looked at for years. I found it to be an operation which is excellent for forcing me to do something with them. Guess I must enjoy pressure! Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Kirsten Bowman wrote: > Chris: > > Presumably these are digital items you're talking about rather than > hardcopies. If so, I have a totally low-tech way of handling them > that works very well for my database of roughly 10,000--including a > limited one-name study. I dislike having unattached individuals in > my database, so their records go into Stray folders under > MyDocuments. These are organized by surname and some are grouped > into subfolders by given name or geographical area. Periodically I > go through the stray folders to see if anything "clicks" or if I can > find new information about an individual. Most of my strays are in > their own designated folders, which also includes a Word document > where I copy/paste discussions with others about this person or add > notes about where (s)he might belong, where I've already checked, > etc. When a connection is finally made it's easy to transfer the > pertinent information into Legacy. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris CG [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents > > > 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 > 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
