For me, this is a brilliant approach. It gives you the freedom to say what you want, how you want to, and revise it at the drop of a hat; all in one place. I think people get sucked into doing things because they can. As John implies you don't have to use every tool in the toolbox. Legacy is a fantastic comprehensive and flexible bit of software that you can tailor to your needs (objectives) provided you have given them some thought and not just jumped in to use every option.
Whether my great grand children can satisfy their idle curiosity by finding my files to read is another issue. I'm doing family history as a here and now hobby. For me it's the equivalent of a murder mystery weekend, with less murder. carogene wrote: > I also find the official Lecacy way of recording sources a bit over > the top, so I have recorded mine under the Research Notes tab as follows: > > Birth: He was born before registration commenced in Scotland (1855), > therefore his baptism details have been used to establish his date and > place of birth. > Baptism: LDS film number 1041957, items 1 and 2. Parish records of St > Ninians, SCT. (I have a copy) > Marriage 1: Not found in England or Scotland. > Marriage 2: www.freebmd.org.uk <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/> 1853 > December quarter, registered at Islington. 1b/318 (I have a copy of > certificate) > Marriage 3: www.freebmd.org.uk <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/> 1867 > September quarter, registered at Kensington. 1a/339 (I have a copy of > certificate) > Death: not found. > Census: www.ancestry.co.uk <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/> > Birth and Marriage details of his children: www.freebmd.org.uk > <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/> > Baptisms of his children: www.ancestry.co.uk > <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/>, the London Parish Records Collection. > Asylum Records and London Directory entries: Personal visit to London > Metropolitan Archives 2008. > > I include this in any reports that I am sending to relatives, so that > they can both see that I have done my homework, and retrace my steps > if they want to. It's also a good way for me to check what is missing. > > Cheers > Carolyn > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
