Jane, I do use General Notes and I organize it by date. For example: I transcribe all the census records and they go in by Census Year. However, if I have a deed or two that occurred in between a census year - say 1850 and 1860, I transcribe those deeds and always put them in by the date they were written, and not the date they were recorded. Wills and estate files would go at the end as well as Find-a-Grave details for the burials. I put the correspondence from email or transcribed letters, depending on the subject, at either the beginning of the notes, or if it is an action that I don't want to forget about, I put it under the Research tab. All of which can be printed out so that you have everything that you have found so far under that individual and his family. Some of my family group sheets are 25 - 30 pages long, when printed, due to the volume of information I found on that family. Organizing my the date, will give you the lifeline of every individual in your program. I hope this helps. Margaret
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Jane Sarles <[email protected]> wrote: > I have tried very hard to find a way to include in my Legacy data the > information I gather during many years of research. This includes > copied and pasted snips from the internet, correspondence by email, > responses on message boards, all the information I have gathered over > the years. I thought I would put it in the "General{ notes section of > the Notes part, but it didn't work because when I tried to do a > copy/paste, it just disappeared. I didn't really like that option > anyway, because you cannot arrange it in any meaningful way. > > I know that some folks have suggested using an imaginary person, named > perhaps, Wells, Joseph Research, or some such. My problem with this > is, if I want to print out (or review) ALL the information I have about > a person, the notes in the imaginary person's file would not be included. > > The solution may lie with using Evernote, but I do wish our Legacy had a > section similar to Evernote that allowed us to include and organize all > the information we have gathered about a person. Don't say that the > "Events/Facts would serve, since much of the information is conjectural > or at least not substantial enough to use as a fact. > > Jane Wells Sarles > > > > 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
