What I do is, all things grabbed from the internet, always go into someone's notes, I had a person named 'The Dummy' to collect multiple people, including pedigree charts and chapter size 'transcriptions'. Then when I am offline, I can do multiple things with the stuff. I usually create a source using the entire transcription in 'Text of source', then divide the document to the various parts, ie birth, marr, etc. with a copy of the correct parts to each event, for each person. As the parts are added to the correct event, I remove the part from the transcript (in Dummy, not source), and see what is left to move. Once a month, or so, I run a search using: 'Individual'; 'Notes - Research'; 'Comtaines'; 'e'. This finds most un-editted/assigned notes, to be moved into an event. Sometimes, I find the same unresolved notes from before, when unsure what to do, but they are still there 'asking' to be fixed. Before Chronology/timelines existed, we had to create our own, now the tools do the grunt work, and create nice reports. I used to keep all my stuff in notes, but was converted about L5. When all the tidbits are in Events, they can be organized better than I ever could. Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Laurel Feal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Laurel Feal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events Usage > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 12:25 PM > I also prefer using events. I actually do not use notes at > all. I found that notes do not print on several of the > reports I like to use and when they printed they often > showed up in stranges places in the report. With events, > everything prints in order, with sources, with pictures, and > I always use my own wording (at least in the reports I use). > > > This also saved me from trying to decide if something > should be considered an event, or should be included in > notes. I like everything to show in my reports and it > annoyed me that certain reports did not allow the inclusion > of notes (why bother entering them if you can't see them > in a report) so I moved totally away from them and kept it > simple: events only. > > Experiement with the different reports and see what you > like in the end results. I played around for a long time > before deciding on a course of action and I've been > happy with the results. You may like using notes for > different reasons. > > Laurel > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events > Usage > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:12:28 -0500 > > > > > > Hi Jessica, > > > > Before using Legacy, I used an event driven genealogy > program so I'm comfortable creating and using events. > > > > Even though I did at first place some items in the general > notes, I've since begun replacing all my note content > with events. For general notes, I just created an event > called Note. For most things, I like to use specific event > names, such as the obituary event. Most events I've > changed the sentence wording to be [notes][sources] as I > prefer to write out what I want to say. A few, such as a > census or an obituary, I begin with a canned sentence, > depending on what fields I fill in. > > > > Bear in mind, I do not wish to take my material into a word > processor. I want my reports to read as well as they can, > straight from the program and I like to include photos in my > reports. These are my personal considerations. > > > > Three things that come to mind are the fact you can easily > shift the events in the timeline, you can attach a photo to > each event and have it included in the reports and you can > easily source each event. > > > > I'm sure other Legacy users will chime in with favorite > ways of handling things. It's nice to have choices and > you're wise to ask for idea's before you get too far > into your family history. I've picked up so many helpful > ideas from other users over the years and know how helpful > various suggestions can be. > > > > Good luck with your family history projects. > > > > Mary > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jessica Morgan > > To: LegacyUserGroup > > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:10 AM > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events Usage > > > I searched the archives and didn't find quite what > I'm looking for. If > this has previously been discussed, forgive me. (I've > been on the LUG > for two or three years and don't recall it, but that > doesn't mean > much.) > > I've been working the last year or two on maternal > family, from > previously published books, and have utilized the notes > section quite > heavily. I started using notes when I began using Legacy, > and have > just continued to do so for no real reason other than > habit. Now I've > obtained a volume on my paternal family, and while working > with it the > last few days, I've wondered about the use of events > instead of notes. > > My goal is to publish updates to these books, at some > point, > hopefully. But for now all I want is to be able to maximize > reporting > types, esthetics of data, and minimize editing needed when > I get to > that point. (And no, I won't be aiming for that > perfectly written and > sourced volume for archival/family history group quality.) > > Back to my original question and delima.... Notes vs. > Events......can > we please politely discuss the pros and cons of each? Or, > are there > any of you out there that utilize both, for varying > reasons, and can > you please elaborate as to your method and reasoning? > > And as an extra, I've suggested to Legacy via the > suggestions link on > the home page, two additional notes tabs, one for > education, and one > for military service. > > I am running Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 on a Dell > Inspiron > 1525 Laptop, Legacy V 7.0.0.55. > > Thanks, > Jessica Morgan > > Researching families of Morgan, Basinger, Allen, Teague, > Lockey, > Ratcliff, Ratcliffe, Kaylor > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
