Bruce- (and everyone- I need all the help I can get on this one) when you put things in the research notes, if you have numerous notes already in there, how does one find the notes that tell you what you have got or not gotten on that person? I'm still really shaky on how the whole research notes thing is used. When I put things into it, I end up with page after page of "disconnected" information. A paragraph here and another there. I want to source each, but haven't figured out how to source each one separately. I realize that I have opened a can of worms, but without them one may not catch the "trophy" fish. I hope I have worded this so you see what I am trying to ask. Marli Yoder A &M Farms
________________________________ From: Robert Austen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, November 6, 2011 1:50:01 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events Hi Bruce, Personally, I like to include a transcription of the census in the Research Notes where I have a quick reference of the family line. I add this transcription to the Research notes of each family member listed in the census. This allows a quick review (all the information in one place) and helps me in making sure I am on the right path. I enter the census as an 'event' for each person and include a transcription in the notes as well. Overkill? Maybe. If they are a direct line relative I also include an image of the census page in the 'pictures' within the event. As you can see from all the other replies, there is really no right or wrong, it's what works best for you. Sometimes, though, we haven't yet figured out what's best! However, this is coming from one who many would not consider a 'true' genealogist - I collect most anyone that connects to my line. I now have approximately 23,000 relatives in a single tree of around 340,000 names. I also work very closely with another researcher on the same tree and we each enter the data a little differently. Documentation/sourcing is very important and I don't think you can really overdo it. Thankfully Legacy can handle it! Bob Austen Researching Austen's from Kent From: Bruce Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 1:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events I am puzzling on where to put Census (or Residence) Events for a couple. It is clear that a single person in a Census would have the Census as an Individual Event. But where you others put a Census Event for a couple? Individual? Marriage? Both? 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 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
