Yes!  The clipboard works for the to-do list.  Let’s say I need 10 marriage 
licenses from the Marion County, MS courthouse.  Since the to-do will be 
attached to specific people, the info within the to-do can be generic wording 
(“obtain marriage license) and then you can attach it each person.

Yes, you can make separate to-dos for each online site you want to use.  If you 
are looking for something specific, you can still use the clipboard and then 
just change the locality/repository.  It will save you time.

It may seem like a lot of work but when you look at this person again in 6 
months you won’t remember what you have checked and what you haven’t.  You can 
filter by CLOSED to-dos and you will have a list of everything you have already 
done.

michele

From: aparsons
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] the value of the to-do list

Michele,
Thanks for posting the examples. When the To Do is for more than one person, 
such as a census for 7 people, do you put the to do on the clipboard and put 
the same to do for all 7? (connect one location to several people)
When the To Do is for one person, such as find death info, and you want to look 
at several  online sites do you make separate to do's for each site? (connect 
one person to several locations)
Ann


On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Pauline B. Cramer <[email protected]> wrote:

  Thank you Michele.  Your examples are extremely helpful.  And you remind me 
that I have not used WorldCat since 2009.Â
  Pauline

  On 1/28/2012 9:19 AM, [email protected] wrote:
    Here ya go!  I wish I could do screen shots but I will try
    Â
    Here is an actual one where I just heard back from a courthouse.
    Â
    CATEGORY – Marriage Certificate
    LOCALITY – Lamar Co, MS Courthouse
    TASK NEEDING TO BE DONE – Obtain Wash and Annie’s marriage license
    OPEN DATE – 12 Jan 2012
    REMINDER DATE – 12 Feb 2012 (I usually put a month)
    CLOSE DATE: – 27 Jan 2012
    Â
    TASK DESCRIPTION -
    Request letter sent 12 Feb 2012.
    Â
    RESULTS -
    Lamar County responded back that they don’t have a record of this 
marriage.  A new request letter will be sent  to Marion Co.
    Â
    REPOSITORY -
    Lamar County Circuit Court
    403 Main Street
    Purvis, MS 39475
    (601) 794-3470
    www.lamarcounty.com
    Â
    Â
    Â
    Here is one where I found a book I needed on World Cat.  It happened to be 
at the Reese Library (Augusta State Univ) which is near me.  I add these in 
and then when I ready to go to the Reese Library I put a filter on so that only 
the open Reese Library to-dos will show up and then I can print a list.
    Â
    Â
    CATEGORY – Will
    LOCALITY – Reese Library
    TASK NEEDING TO BE DONE – Look for Elizabeth Lee’s will abstract
    OPEN DATE – 17 JUL 2011
    REMINDER DATE – 17 AUG 2011
    CLOSED DATE – [I haven’t gone yet!]
    Â
    TASK DESCRIPTION -
    Check the book
    Title: Abstracts of the wills of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1733-1856
    Author: Ruth Smith Williams; Margarette Glenn Griffin
    Publisher Rocky Mount, N.C. : J.W. Watson, 1980
    Â
    NOTE: I just copied and pasted the book info from World Cat, I didn’t 
have to type it! Â
    Â
    RESULTS : [I haven’t gone yet]
    Â
    REPOSITORY:
    Reese Library (Augusta State University)
    2500 Walton Way
    Augusta, GA 30904
    (706) 667-4904
    www.aug.edu/~liblsc/Welcome.html
    [email protected]
    Â
    Â
    NOTE: I only have to put in the repository ONCE.  From then on you can 
pick it from a drop down list.
    Â
    Right now I have EIGHT entries for the Reese Library.  I will print those 
out before I go.  You can sort/filter your to-do list many ways.  I also have 
several to-dos for the the Richmond County Courthouse.  I can sort by that and 
then take the list with me.   The list that prints out has a place where you 
can write notes which is very handy.
    Â
    You can make GENERAL entries or SPECIFIC to an individual entries.  A 
general entry might be something like “look for all Martins in the Augusta 
City Cemetery†and your locality/repository would be Find-A-Grave.
    Â
    A specific one would be looking for James Elexander Simmons’ death 
certificate.
    Â
    Â
    I hope this helps
    Â
    michele
    Â
    Â
    Â
    From: Paula Ryburn
    Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:29 AM
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] the value of the to-do list
    Â
    Michele, Would you mind too terribly sending us an example of how you enter 
one to-do list item?  What you put into each field?  Then what report you run 
to take with you to the library.  That would help me immensely.  I have 
started using to-do items, but would definitely like to make sure I don't show 
up at a library without my full list of things to find.  Thanks.
    Â
    --Paula in Texas
    Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman 
Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field 
Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle 
Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche 
Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams
    Â
    Â

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    To: [email protected]

    Sent: Fri, January 27, 2012 7:56:53 AM
    Subject: [LegacyUG] the value of the to-do list



    I have now discovered just how valuable the to-do list is while I have been 
going through the BCG Certification process.   I wonder now how I managed 
without  it before.  At a glance I can see what all I am still needing and 
what I am waiting for.  I have 3 libraries in the Augusta area that have 
genealogical holdings.  World Cat  is my friend and I can add items from 
World Cat into the to-do list and then sort by library.  I make ONE trip to 
the library and I don’t accidentally forget to look at something I need.  I 
can also sort by the Family History Center and I get a list of all of the 
microfilms I need all neat and tidy.  Again, I won’t accidentally forget one 
that I need.
    Â
    michele




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