I am a bit unclear on tagging a record, but as to tagging as it relates to individuals or marriages, I use tags for a variety of reasons. Tag 1 is my paternal direct line; Tag 2 is my maternal direct line; and Tag 9 to mark if I need to fix something or do some cleanup. Right now, Tag 4 is my 1940 Census finds when all information has been entered and noted for all family members. I can clear that tag once I have finished that project. On another occasion, I was doing my Norwegian research. I used Tag 3 for Norway Census 1801, Tag 4 for Norway Census 1865 and Tag 5 for Norway Census 1875, Tag 6 for Farmbook entries, Tag 7 for Birth/Baptism record, Tag 8 for Marriage record, Tag 9 for Death/Burial record. I marked the people off as I searched and found (or did not find) the appropriate information. I did the same type of thing for my Swedish research. It is helpful to combine your search results (areas you plan to research) with some system for marking whether you have done it or not. Depending on the type of project you are working on you can tag a group to work on and/or tag a group that you don't need to work on. Then when you work through the list you can click on their tags as appropriate. I am sure others with tell you various ways they use tagging. Also if you go to advanced tagging you see you can tag various lines (ancestors, descendants, family line, family, everyone, everyone in search list, etc.), and then work with that group for a particular project. Lots of possibilities. Still not sure about tagging a record though - will be interested in what that is.
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:03 PM, M Sandvig <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Rich. I am somewhat new to Legacy and have the same question. I > have read on-line helps and still don't really get-it. Comments anyone? > What does tagging actually do? And what is the benefit? My previous program > didn't use this feature. > Marie Sandvig > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Richard Falzini <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What is the purpose of tagging a record? >> Should I do this to my records and why? >> Can I tag more than 1 at a time, and will tagging benifit me down the line >> >> Thanks Rich >> >> >> 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 -- 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
