On 07/05/2012 20:37, Richard Falzini 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
Putting it simply, Tagging is a method of marking a group of records that you want to be able to access easily. You might Tag a group of people who have a particular Source and you want to make changes to their Source Details. You might tag a group of people who died in a certain County because Wills for that County have been pulished online. Another useful reason for Tagging is when you want to do a very complicated Search. You can normally only Search on 3 criteria, but if you need to search on 4 Criteria (let's say anyone named Brown who was born between 1800 & 1850, who lived in New York and has no Death Date) you can initially search on the first 3 criteria and Tag all the people who are returned. Then set up another Search where the criteria are "no Death Date" and "Tag n." There are 9 different Tag numbers which you can use, although only 3 of them are visible at any one time in the Name List. You can assign several Tag numbers to the same record if you wish. From personal experience, I would give you this tip: when you have assiged a Tag number enter something appropriate in the Tag Description. It's so annoying when you look at your file and see there a bunch of people Tagged with the same Tag number and you have completely forgotten why! -- Jenny M Benson 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
