First---thank you to everyone who responded. In light of the basic research I've done about getting certified, I am taking what you all have said seriously to heart to keep a much better record within Legacy of the research I am doing.
Right now, I am adding a 1940 census to-do item now, *if* I don't find them on my first pass. My parents' families were both in Chicago, so I got their ED #'s from stevemorse.org and *thought* I was all set. Ha! So, I openedindividual to-do items for each head of household to record the negative results and next steps. It's amazing how much people moved around in a city back then. It seems my mother's family moved the month after the census was taken! ;) Thanks again! --Paula ________________________________ From: Michele Lewis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, March 30, 2012 4:21:27 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Research Notes--how do you do it? 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. 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 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
