Thanks Michele. That kind of feedback is very helpful to us newbie who are trying to get organized.
So… how about a short summary of filing strategies? MASTER SOURCES: Geoff’s webinars suggest naming all master sources with the location (in reverse order) first, then perhaps a date, then some sort of source name. How do you feel about that? DOCUMENT FILENAMES: Geoff, and most everybody else, seem to say “do what you want”. As renaming is somewhat painful in Legacy it would be nice to set up a consistent system early on. Especially for non-picture files which cannot be renamed thru Picture Center. What do you recommend? These are the thorniest issues for me as a beginner. I already have quite a quagmire. Anyone else who would like to make suggestions? Please do so! Thanks to everyone else who takes the time to read and respond to any or our, often recurring, questions. Cheers. Kevin Long From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 5:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Names I don’t put any of those things in the events. I write short narrative biographies on people and that is where I weave that information in. I don’t like making it sterile and clinical by just listing them as events. I use the events for specific things that happened at specific times (census records, tax rolls, that sort of thing). Legacy has a Webinar entitled, “Ready, Set, Write! Share Your Family's Story” which really explains this concept well. I use the general notes tab to write their short bio (or long bio in the case of those people in my direct line) and I use the research notes to keep track of all the things I am looking at, need to look at, theories etc. Michele From: Jerry Peterson <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Names Hi again everyone. Can some of you share with me what names or titles you use for the following as custom events? Hobbies Interests Causes Famous Persons I want to be specific enough without getting too many separately-named custom events on the database, unless they are needed, so that's my premise here. So, I thought maybe I'd pick your brains. Thanks! Jerry / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3776 - Release Date: 07/20/11 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
