(an aside to my Knight in shining armor thread)
I am trying to determine the best way to utilize Legacy (if at all) in the uncertain situations - such as a family history claiming Knighthood in the ancestry. Seems to me there some choices: - Enter the people - so they are not forgotten and/or are attached as indicated so further leads/research/ideas/etc can be generated. This is what I've been doing, but I get the impression I'm being cautioned about continuing in this fashion. (Which is OK by me, I'm always open to the pros/cons of my methodology so fire away.) By doing things this way, one would likely make use of private/invisible individuals as well as lower surety levels. These settings would be used to suppress the information that has not been well proven thus far when sharing publicly (reports, GEDCOMs, etc). However, all the information, links, locations, relationship, etc are in the database and can be studied along with everything that is more sure. At least that has been my thinking so far. - Do not enter the people, but make TODOs for further research - I think this is what is being offered as a better way to go. In this mode, it seems to me, the data has been captured, but is not connected and cannot really be studied in relation to everything else. Because things are disconnected, there seems to be a risk of forgetting/losing track of things in your research. The term 'forgetting' to me indicating there is some level of mental capacity required for maintaining the connections. I don't see the same issue using the previous approach. Of course, there are probably ways of entering TODOs to minimized this, but I think there is always this risk. I've not gone this route, so don't know if this risk is too high or not, on the surface it seems it could be. In this mode private and invisible individuals and low surety ratings have little meaning that I can think of. Perhaps the appeal of this approach is that it is thought this database is more clean/pure? - Do not enter the people, do not make TODOs, and hope you can remember all these hints/tips/leads next time you are at the library. No one's suggesting this one, but I suppose it is an option. Thoughts? -- James Cook GED Utils, Ancestry Utils http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
