For myself, I use individuals to-dos for birth certificates, etc., and general for books about families or places. It is all about the sorting. There is no right or wrong way. Rich in LA CA
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: Re: RE: [LegacyUG] Research Notes--how do you do it? Would you be so kind as to distinguish between individual to-dos and general to-dos? I am not clear where one would input "general to-do'? Jane Sarles On , Michele Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I use my to-to list to keep track of everything I need to do in list form (I > need to order microfilm or a marriage license or a death certificate etc). > The research notes are more of a narrative talking about my theories and why > I do or don’t think something is true. I do record my negative results in > the notes because it is a tad easier to see than pulling up the closed > to-dos. I use the individual to-do’s like I listed above. I wouldn’t want > to add a to-do for the 1940 census to every single person in my file that > might appear in the 1940. That is way too general and it would take way too > much time. I do use the general to-dos for things like, “Check Forest Park > Cemetery for any Fousts” I use the locality field to sort by repository (if > that makes sense). I don’t add the actual repository (the repository tab) to > the to-do but I do keep the repositories up to date with current addresses, > phone numbers, hours, fees etc. Michele From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:42 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. 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