If you just have a short amount of data about your database such as you listed, you could follow part of Ricks suggestion by creating a General TODO item starting with a zero (to keep it at the top of the todo list) an put your information right in that TODO item in either "Task Description" or "Results".
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Rick Bowden <[email protected]> wrote: > I picked up on a comment by JLB in a posting earlier this year. He was > suggesting a way of presenting your Family History in a less formal > way than Legacy reports. If you Google Jliki you will find his > tutorial on the subject. The tool he uses is Tiddlywiki , a free open > source function which uses any web browser and can be contained on a > flash drive. > I found that its main purpose is for keeping research notes and > personal information together in one place. So that's one way in which > I use it. In it's basic form there is not a lot to learn. You end up > with a personal website which does not require internet connection , > where all your notes are searchable and can be linked via hypertext > links. > If you create a ToDo list item in Legacy and start the name with a > zero , the Alphameric list keeps it at the top. If you then create a > dummy repository for the ToDo item , give it a homepage URL of the > Tiddlywiki html file , for example ( > file:///c:/Users/Fred/Tiddlywiki/Research.htm ). Then you are only 2 > clicks away from your main Legacy page to your notes. > In fact with Firefox as your browser you can even reference a > collection of notes for each individual in your database and access > them from that individual's ToDo list. > The link will not work , of course, if you are running from a flash > drive on another computer , but you can still invoke the Tiddlywiki > html file directly and have your notes available. > > Rick > > > > 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
