On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 5:37:08 PM UTC-5, Richard Evans wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all I want to thank you all for replying. Though I most of you > seem to have jumped to the conclusion, that I am trying to replace > genealogical programs. I am not. In fact, I believe I have identified, a > gap in the market. > > I would direct you to the phrase I used in my initial post: > > "TiddlyWiki to aid in guiding, documenting and planning the research on an > individual." > > The operative word there is individual. I am considering a TiddlyWiki that > concentrates on a single person. > > Which is *exactly* how my wife uses TW. She's a genealogy nutcase, total addict and has... I dunno, 30? 40? TWs devoted to the research and data curation. She uses Scrivener for "presentation" (having tried and given up trying to use it for the data/research side) and now sticks with TW for "everything".
I know from my own experience that managing the research is the most > critical area when tracing your Family Tree. The number of times I have > completed a piece of research, only to find I have already done it some > years previously and not documented the results properly. > Jeez... you *sound* like her ;) > Goodness knows how many times I have duplicated a research task that had a > negative result. I frequently find I have essential information missing > from important people in my tree. Or I am just confused about how best to > proceed on researching an individual. > > A genealogist's requirements can be broken down into three components, a > research plan or checklist, a research log and documentation of the > results, positive and negative. There are various tools used by > genealogists to manage their research. People use Word or One Note or > Evernote or pen and paper. > or TW :) And census data changes all the time, where people on Ancestry.com transcribe old docs and (obviously) make mistakes in doing so. > Personally, I think only pen and paper has the flexibility to handle all > three components. > > My wife does a lot with pen and paper but for genealogy, she insists on TW. Just my $0.02 by proxy :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1f2f7dc9-eeb8-4fb3-8cfc-de84fc2b5654%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
