As I just checked, I have 5900 individuals with at least 1 census record to their name, so I needed to come up with a more organized set up. I have 37 different Census Event definitions. How I do it, I create a definition name which includes the year and country. For the sources, I have 482 pages for Master Citations with Events. I won't print it, but I feel it is organized. On each Master Source I include a transcript of the relevant pages, in the Text field. In the comments for the larger groups I include a index to the heads of house. I also Ctrl-C each line into the matching Assigned Sources Detail. I may eventually publish, but now is the time to fine tune. I realize this is a lot bigger than most files, but I am aware of one over 500,000 names. My 22000 is fine for me. This will also be sited for marriage sources. If i do not have the actual marriage record, I will put my guestimations of date in the line for the matching Assigned Sources Detail. Since I use this method for all Sourcing, and Events, it is not hard to remember where I put stuff. If you are not consistant throughout you file, you WILL create hidden/lost information. I also have replaced my Research logs with the TO DO list. Once I have looked at a document, I create it into a source. It is much easier to print a list of to dos and also used sources (all/most in the required area.) Then I can go through and check when I find a new? source, against what I have brought with me. I still have 5-6 copies of the same page I took 15 years ago. I have not duplicated at all in the last 5 years. About the Marriage Notes. Until we can create a sublist of the marriage list, like the individual list, I work around it. I prefer to have ALL notes tied to a source, which can go into marriage 'notes'. I mention this, because I kept terrible notes and very few backups, until I went from 10,000 to 8,000 names. Plan to get larger. Rich in LA CA
-----Original Message----- From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Nov 20, 2004 1:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Research Notes I like the idea in Legacy of being able to keep the Research notes separate from the General Notes. However, I have a particular problem and wonder if others find this awkward. I like to enter the census records I find and my comments on them into the Marriage Notes as they relate to the whole family, not just to an individual. Unfortunately the Marriage Notes doesn't have a Research Note section. Would other users find this useful for future updates? I'd like to know how you cope with this problem. Patricia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.1 - Release Date: 19/11/04 Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Rich in LA Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
