Kevin, here are some more answers/opinions :) From: Kevin Long Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Names
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? I do mine differently than Geoff does but his is just as organized. You need to find a system that makes sense to you so that you know exactly where to look to see if you already have that source. I have mine organized by TYPE first, then LOCATION. Here are some examples... Cemetery Records - GA - Columbia Co - Bugg Family Cemetery Cemetery Records - GA - Columbia Co - Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Records - GA - McDuffie Co - Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Records - GA - Richmond Co - Westover Memorial Park Cemetery Records - MS - Forrest Co - Seal Family Cemetery Cemetery Records - MS - Forrest Co - Simmons Family Cemetery Cemetery Records - MS - Lamar Co - Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Census Records - Federal - AL - Marshall Co - 1850 Census Records - Federal - AL - Marshall Co - 1860 Census Records - Federal - GA - Columbia Co - 1820 Census Records - Federal - GA - Columbia Co - 1830 Census Records - Federal - GA - Columbia Co - 1840 Census Records - Federal - GA - Lincoln Co - 1840 Census Records - Federal - GA - Lincoln Co - 1850 Census Records - Federal - MS - Jackson Co - 1840 Census Records - Federal - MS - Jackson Co - 1850 Marriage Records - GA Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 (ancestry database) Marriage Records - GA - Columbia Co (certificates) Marriage Records - GA - Lincoln Co (certificates) Marriage Records - GA - Richmond Co (certificates) Marriage Records - MS - Marion Co - Abstracts of Marion Co, MS 2nd District Marriage Records (book) Marriage Records - MS - Marion Co - (certificates) Death Records - GA - Columbia Co (certificates) Death Records - GA - Columbia Co - Starling Funeral Home (sexton records) Death Records - GA - Columbia Co - obituaries Published by the Christian Index 1880 - 1899 (book) They will sort in order alphabetically within each group and by date 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? Again, I differ with Geoff here. He has his in files by location, USA > Georgia > Columbia County I have mine set up like my sources, by record type then location. This is for DOCUMENTS. For photographs I simply have a file entitled PHOTOGRAPHS and then file name is the person. If there is more than one person in the photo, it is named for the person that is closest related to me. I use female maiden names unless their maiden name is unknown and then I will put Mrs PerryJohnJudson01 PerryLucyMrs01 MaddoxChesleyB01 MaddoxRobertReese01 MaddoxRobertReese02 MaddoxZenobia01 SimmonsDemaris01 SimmonsSilas01 SimmonsSilas02 SimmonsSilas03 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 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! 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