Kathy, Yes, using ToDos in the way which you suggest is pretty much what I do. If I need to do research on an individual or Event then I create the appropriate ToDo with the details I am looking for, and then add the details of the research and outcomes until I reach a conclusion. Whilst I then close it, I do keep it for reference should I start to have other thoughts later.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Research Notes 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/ 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
