Jackie, this may be an obsolete suggestion from an old-timer, but I'm gonna make it anyway. After you make your To-Do list -- consider making a separate printout for every source you are going to check. The catalog description, with your notes (handwritten or printed) on what you will be looking for, and date range. You'll probably have room to write many of your results right on that paper -- and add them to your computer later, at home.
Books, not available online, are my first priority. Microfilms and microfiche second, especially the ones that may be restricted (catalog description tells you that.) I always take a purple folder (any color but easily spotted) for papers I'm done with for now -- finish at home. I understand there are researchers who want to enter everything via computer, and handle as little paper as possible -- I admire their skills. But I can't manage that. Have a great time in SLC. Do take breaks, walk through Temple Square and enjoy the flowers, take a look at the old pioneer cabin next to the library. Cheers, Dolly in Maryland ==== On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Jackie King <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just made reservations for a few days in Salt Lake City for some > intensive searching at the Family History Library. It is hard telling > when or if I will ever get the chance to do this again so of course I > want to make the best use of my time. > > I've never really made full use of the To-Do list but this seems like > the perfect opportunity to use it as I make up a list of filmstrips and > books I want to check - and for whom with the date range to check. I > note there is a sourcing opportunity as you make out the To-Do list. Do > you fill those out before you find anything in those sources? Do you > list your items by the person you are hoping to find - or by the book or > item with an attached list of those who should be in it? And is there a > way to "tag" those that I need to have them pull from their vault so > that they are waiting when I get there? > > Pitfalls - and tips to maximize my utilization would be appreciated. > > Jackie > > > > 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
