Although you are working on data entry please consider at the "beginning of this exercise" your end result. A version of "garbage in, garbage out" is "data entry in, data entry out." Really think about how you want to use all the information you amass, how you want a report to look and after entering some information for a family, play with the possible reports. While I realize that some people use reports, some people tweak reports, some people only use the data and write their narratives in a completely different program - keep in mind that your data is the "basis" for your writing (whatever you do). As such, play with Legacy (or whatever programs you use), understand sourcing, sentence structure for events and the fact that you can overwrite that structure individually or collectively. You can also add whatever events/facts you want and make up the sentence structure. There are so many possibilities here take the time to see how your notes read, how your events/facts read, and how your sources read. Two important questions - (1) am I able to read and work with my "reports" and (2) is someone else able to read and work with my "reports." As we know there is no right or wrong way (wait there probably are a few wrong ways!) but there are better, more efficient ways, ways that will make your genealogy life easier, and ways that will make it easier to share with fellow researchers and perhaps a quick report to an Archives or Historical Society where your ancestors lived. A little planning goes a long way to making Legacy work well for you. I am a big believer in "seeing" how others use Legacy and then adapting what works for me, discarding what doesn't work, finding out new things and always learning. Our Legacy Virtual Users Group (through a Google+ Hangout) is a great way to discuss and see (we share screens) how others are using Legacy. Just my two cents!
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Marg Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > At this point (I may be sorry because I know others do it differently) I > list the Census as an event. I'm using just the Country/date/name of census > as source, and the county etc. under the detail. Under the marriage, if it > is the family, and under the individual if not married. I am saving the > images in a directory that will make them easy to find, but haven't taken > the time yet to attach them. I enter a full transcription for direct line > ancestors. For events such as residence, occupation, immigration year, > Alternte names, etc. I list the source and put just the line from the census > that pertains to that - in the text place under detail. >SNIP >> ________________________________ >> From: Marli Yoder <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:36 PM >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourse vs. event >> >> Please explain source verses event. I use "Missouri, St. Louis 1900 >> Federal >> SNIP >> > -- > Tessa Keough > Guild No. 5089 > Legacy Virtual Users Group > Surnames - Keough, Murphy, Aylward, Kocevar, Lidman, Zagradisnik > Places - Ireland, Newfoundland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, USA (New > York, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Washington) > Blogs - The Keough Corner and Scandia Musings & More > > > > 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
