Hi Steve, What are the advantages of using RDF as compared with using Legacy for this purpose?
Barbara On 12/19/2015 11:47 AM, Steve Hayes wrote: > On 18 Dec 2015 at 20:32, Walter DeWaele wrote: > >> Hi Steve, >> Could you give us an example of one of your indexed documents? Thanks. > Here's a sample from the RDF (Research Data Filer) documents file: > > 5 DOC 00005 > Interview with Eva Murray on 31 Jul 1975 > Interviewed by Stephen and Valerie Hayes > > 6 DOC 00006 > Deceased estate MSCE 2160/1949 Natal Archives > Notes on file > > 7 DOC 00007 > Deceased estate Richard Herbert Cottam > Notes on file > > 8 DOC 00008 > Family Bible of Fred Crighton > In possession of Marion Crighton of Alberton > notes made in 1986 > > 5 DOC 00005 > Interview with Eva Murray on 31 Jul 1975 > Interviewed by Stephen and Valerie Hayes > > 6 DOC 00006 > Deceased estate MSCE 2160/1949 Natal Archives > Notes on file > > 7 DOC 00007 > Deceased estate Richard Herbert Cottam > Notes on file > > 8 DOC 00008 > Family Bible of Fred Crighton > In possession of Marion Crighton of Alberton > notes made in 1986 > > The "DOC 00008" is what I put in the File ID field in Legacy. > > Here is a search for "fred crighton" using the people index of RDF: > > 1 Beningfield, Wilfred Reuben M 1294 > Death 31 Mar 1942 RSA, Natal, Zululand, Empangeni > F- Beningfield, Reuben M- Crighton, Martha 1287 /1286 / > DOC 00695 ( ) > > 2 Crighton, Alfred M 17071 > Census 1891 ENG, London > M- Crighton, Elizabeth GF- Betjeman, George C. 01583 /17072 / > grandson aged 2 months born Middlesex DOC 02291 ( ) > > > 3 Crighton, Arthur Edwin M 1563 > Marriage 3 Oct 1936 > W- Douglas, Marion Helene 1564 / / > Fred Crighton's family Bible DOC 00008 ( ) > > 4 Crighton, Arthur Edwin M 1563 > Birth 14 Jul 1905 RSA, TVL, Johannesburg > / / > Fred Crighton's family Bible DOC 00008 ( ) > > Note that it has picked up the "fred" in "Wilfred" > > But it also has the DOC number which I have put in the File ID field in > Legacy. > > The number in the top right-hand corner is the RIN of that person, which also > appears in Legacy (which is why I never reorganise RINs in Legacy, and never > was even tempted to use FTM). > > , > > -- Barbara Levergood [email protected] (=^·^=)~ 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
