I have created General ToDo items for some of my sources and indicate on this General ToDo what I did or didn't find. Would this work?
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Jan Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I do that. I also put it in the Master Source List. But either way, > I can't readily identify that its a source that I have reviewed, but has no > information on my ancester. Sometimes, I put aside research on a family > and work on someone else. It may be months or even the next year before I > pick it back up. Then, as I begin planning the next steps in my research, > I sometimes identify the same source that has already been reviewed. I > guess I am looking for a easy to identify method to flag a source to > indicate it doesn't have data on that ancestor. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, November 7, 2011 11:05:11 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] How to record sources that don't have relevant > information > > Jan: > > I believe the most common method is to list searching the particular > resource as a To Do item, marking it as done, but not deleting it from the > list. > > Kirsten > > *From:* Jan Wilson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 07, 2011 5:31 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] How to record sources that don't have relevant > information > > Unfortunately I've wasted a lot of time over the years going back and > looking at the same sources that didn't contain any relevant information on > one of my ancestors because I didn't have a good way of recording and > tracking it. I'd like to create a list, by individual, of all the "empty" > sources I've reviewed so that when I go to the library to do research I can > check to see if I've looked at that resource previously. How do you handle > this? > Thanks > Jan > > > 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
