Aha! Ron, I think maybe you have hit on the answer I need. I haven't used 'to dos' much; played a bit to see how it worked but that's it. I felt like I had to really embrace that function if I was going to use it effectively, otherwise, I would probably enter a few things and forget to go back and look. I'm still very much attached to my paper and pencil, making notes about what films I want to look at etc.
I was thinking Research Notes because a lot of people used to use a 'research log' to record what they were searching (film), what they were looking for and what the results were. So I was thinking that Research Notes would take over that function; and I guess it could, easily. But MAYBE it would be better, even after the fact, to go into the ToDo List and create a ToDo item for each film I looked at, it's source description, and my results from that. I am looking for a way to record everything I've researched on a particular person in one place so I could look at it and see what records I have already viewed and their results. Would using the ToDo list in the way I mentioned accomplish that? Thanks! Kathy On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Kathy, > > An interesting question, and one which I doubt if I can answer! You ask for > the "right way", in common with many Legacy features I seriously question > whether there is such a thing. I will not be sending an example of mine > simply because I cannot think of any single one which could be described as > 'typical'. I tend to use them for whatever strikes my fancy as being > worthwhile recording; I do not use General Notes for this, as I have > reserved those for notes which may eventually(?) provide the basis for a > biography of the person - some may do it the other way round (and I may > have > done this myself, had I thought about it over 10yrs ago! So, my Research > Notes may contain notes on why I have interpreted a census in a certain > way, > where there is a confliction between documents, and stuff like that. > > My individual's research progress is held in Individual ToDos. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Meyer > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 8:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Research Notes > > I want to start using my Research Notes more efficiently. Would > anyone be willing to email me back privately with a sample of how you > record your Research there? I'm sure there are as many variations as > there are people and I'd like to see how others are successfully using > this so I can discover what works best for me. If anyone else would > like me to forward the responses I receive, please email me privately > as well. If you think it's ok to post on the list, that's fine too > but I'm willing to compile and share the responses privately off-list. > > My thought was that it might be 'easy' to copy/paste a page from your > research notes into an email. I'm open to whatever suggestions anyone > has. > > I just did some research at the FHL yesterday and I want to start > doing this 'right' for a number of reasons and now is the best time. > Thank you in advance to anyone who will take the time and effort to > help with this. Kathy > > > > -- > Kathy Meyer > Heritage Makers > Personal Publishing Consultant > Phone: 801-921-9644 > www.heritagemakers.com/ourlegacycreations > > > > > 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 > > > -- Kathy Meyer Heritage Makers Personal Publishing Consultant Phone: 801-921-9644 www.heritagemakers.com/ourlegacycreations ** 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
