Jane, If I am doing a case study on a person, I will write up everything I have in MS Word. I can then link to the Word document in the person's Media Gallery. Since this is a link, I don't have to update anything in Legacy if I go back into Word and update the document. This is how I do all of my proof arguments. I can jazz up the report with tables and graphics as needed.
You could do the same thing. You could put all of those bits and pieces of a person in a document file. You would have the added flexibility of being able to include screenshots or snippets from websites that you can't do in the Notes section of Legacy. Since it is linked, you can update the document whenever you want and you wouldn't have to do anything further in Legacy. Legacy would always have the most updated version. Michele Technical Support [email protected] www.legacyfamilytree.com -----Original Message----- From: Jane Sarles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Where to put gathered information? 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
