Paula, This is yet another of those personal choices, and at the end of the day it is up to yourself as to how you decide to record and/or publish your results. I use both the ToDos and the Research Notes.
Initially I open a ToDo when there is something which I need to delve into. As I research that ToDo I enter all the actions which I take and the outcomes, positive or otherwise. When I have completed the work, then I close the ToDo, and, if appropriate, amend my files accordingly. If in fact the work leading to the outcome is complex, eg. required using multiple resources, then I will generally summarise the work in the Research Notes. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Paula Ryburn Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 9:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Research Notes--how do you do it? Hi, all. This may sound silly, but I'm about to "get serious" about doing my genealogy research. (!) Wanted to double-check some things with you. Based on the posts I've read here, I believe most of you have moved from using the Individual's "Research Notes" field to using the To-Do List for your research notes... right? You record the results of the research on that tab, close the item, and then open new To-Do items based on those results. These results would be both positive and negative. Am I missing anything? Have you found any issues in reporting the Results later? Like, much later after you may have forgotten your process in reaching a conclusion? Do you do most of your To-Do items by Individual? The last time I did something "by Repository," I used a search list and printed a report. (It was a cemetery.) I don't see how using a To-Do item would be easier... am I missing something? Case in point: the 1940 Census. Is anyone using To-Do items, or opting for the new tool instead? Thanks, --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 Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams 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
