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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] What Do I Need to Ask Aunt Martha
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 11:06:44 -0700
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Sally - When I make lists of people I want to find in a census, I use the
Saved List feature. Then I can delete each person off the list as I find
him/her. I keep a running list in my Projects as to what census work I did,
such as

KS Wyandotte 1930
MO Jackson 1910

etc. I use the 2-letter state abbreviation, followed by the county name,
followed by the year. Then I know what Saved List I made, worked my way
through, and subsequently completed. The active Saved Lists are ones that I
need to do, while Projects represents the completed ones.

I haven't tried linking a Research Project to an Event or Correspondence. I
am going to have to figure that one out.

CheriC

-----Original Message-----
From: s.lloyd9 [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:39 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] What Do I Need to Ask Aunt Martha


Hi Cheri,
I'm doing much the same thing, only I'm using Projects to make a list of
questions I want to ask a specific person or organisation. I can link these
to a Research Target for an Individual's Event and to Correspondence.
I also use Projects to make lists of people to find in different Census,
BMDs to lookup in the indexes and certificates that I want to order. I even
have one labelled Genbox which includes my wish list and anything else I
might want to comment on <g>
Very useful.

Sally

Sally
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheri Casper" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 6:37 PM
Subject: [GENBOX] What Do I Need to Ask Aunt Martha


> I often keep a running list of questions that I want to ask a specific
> person when I call them or visit in person, like Aunt Martha. In my old
> program I had to make an "event" to record such info.
>
> In GenBox I use the Individual Notes for Aunt Martha, make a header
> QUESTIONS and then start itemizing the questions with dates that they have
> come to mind. This is really helpful when you have contacts who do not
have
> e-mail (are you listening, Uncle Evan?). That way I don't forget what I
> need to ask or what I need to clarify, or what I would like them to send
me.
> Then when I am on the telephone with Aunt Martha, I can open up her
record,
> flip to the Individual Notes, and ask my questions. I then have the
option
> to delete them or retain them. What I normally do is record the answers
> with the date and leave them intact for reference. Then I can open up a
> second Individuals View, go to the person to whom the question/answer
> pertains and complete entering the information & data that Aunt Martha
gave
> me, citing a telephone interview or personal interview as the source.
This
> really speeds up the process and I often have the source already created
> except for the date. Really anal types could copy the questions & answers
> from the Individual Notes and paste them into the Source as well either as
> notes or Extracts, depending on their preference.
>
> I don't know if anyone else is using this method, but I thought I would
> share it in case someone finds it useful.
>
> CheriC
>
>
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