Marina, Someone on this list recommended to me to enter the emails as sources, which is of course what you should do if the email is the source of information you are entering/have entered into Legacy. I think there are examples of that type of source on the Legacy website. Personally, I have a master source like "Aunt Suzi" and then details or letters, emails, interviews. That just seemed more manageable than each one being a master source. I don't know about your outbound emails though...
Now, if you're getting multiple emails per day, I'm assuming you're not able to "keep up" entering the data. I keep my emails in folders by family line... my 4 grandparents, and my husband's line, since the cousins I communicate with typically talk about more than one surname. I don't print them. I also have not "kept up" entering the data. So, technically, I could lose information should I change email programs, etc. To "catch up" I plan to work on one family line at a time, rather than chronologically. And once the emails are entered as sources, they should be pretty easy to find within Legacy. (Interesting how other life events get in the way of doing the fun stuff, eh?) I don't know about the Correspondence flag, but now that you've mentioned it, I will take a look! ;) Thanks, --Paula Texas Currently researching: Goodale in Mass., NY, Mich. I am just wondering if anyone uses Legacy to track incoming and outgoing correspondence (particularly email). I am getting so many emails about various family lines that it is hard to keep track of them. Currently I store the emails in Outlook in a folder for the surname and print copies of them and put them in a file. But now that I have hundreds of emails this is becoming unmanageable when trying to find them. I notice that the to-do list area has a correspondence flag. Is this a viable option for storing emails Any comments/ideas? Marina 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
