Many thanks for the tip. I always open from the icon and was not aware of that feature.
Jane On , RG Strong-genes <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane, > When you open the To-Do list from either the menu bar or View>To-Do List > and click on the Add button then choose “Add to General”, you will create > a > “general to-do'. However, when you click on the To-do icon from the > individual's > screen and click Add, you are creating an “individual to-do”. > Russ > From: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:30 PM > To: [email protected] > 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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