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From: "s.lloyd9" <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Research targets
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:28:31 +0100
References: <20040905001816.KWJN4527.gx6.fuse.net@BILLXP>


Hello all,
I tend to use Research Targets simply as a link between an Individual etc
and Projects. I haven't very many of either and haven't experimented with
many report setups.
Here are a few of my thoughts.
1. I agree with Murray that RT and Projects might be much better combined.
2. I would like a way go directly from an Individual or Place etc to
Projects.
3. I started trying to enter searches in RT, but found as someone has
already said, that sources are added to the Source list, '' The blue clergy
book that I lent to cousin Jo'' doesn't look quite right and I wouldn't want
it included in my source List. Would it be possible for RT to have it's own
source List, with a tick box '' add to my main Source List''? I like to
use my Source List just for Sources already attached to an Event etc (and
that I've had time to think out how to format properly <g>)
4. As the setup is now, a way to link directly from RTs to Projects would
be a great help and an easier way to link from Projects to RTs would be an
improvement.
5. If we could have some sort of 'what I want to search' and 'what I have
searched' added to Projects, that would be ideal for me. I know you can do
this now by linking to a RT, but the whole process is just too complicated
and fiddly, having to move backwards and forwards between Projects and RT.

In addition to it's intended use, I've found Projects a handy place to
store all sorts of bits of information. Having said all this, I have to
admit that when I'm in a hurry I type 'Todo' in the research note field and
then search for them late<g>

Sally
----- Original Message -----
From: "William T. Flight" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:18 AM
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Research targets


> Hi Kathy,
>
> Version 3.2.4 now has all the research target fields available on the
> Projects report, including the research target description.
>
> Regarding the search fields: searches are subordinate to research targets,
> not projects; search fields are currently available on the Research
Targets
> report. Are there some improvements to the Research Targets report that
> would work for what you need?
>
> --Bill
>
> William T. Flight
> http://www.thoughtfulcreations.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathy Lenerz [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 5:59 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Research targets
> >
> > Cheri Casper wrote:
> > > You can get what I think you are looking for by creating
> > Reports>Projects.
> > > Go to the Content tab selecting the items you want
> > included. Make sure you
> > > include the "Research Target" one.
> >
> > As I said, by doing this, you get the *name* of the research
> > target [1],
> > not its description [2], the description of the search [3],
> > the repository
> > [4], or the location [5], which are the important things.
> >
> > Example:
> > You get this:
> > [1] Thomas C. MALEY (by 1838 - ): Census 1 Jun 1900 Abilene,
> > Dickinson
> > County, Kansas "age 60, married for 2 years, a dealer of
> > nursery stock,
> > born in October, 1839 in Canada"
> >
> > You don't get this:
> > [2] MALEY, Thomas C: Census 1 Jun 1900
> > [3] Decipher T. C. Maley's occupation:
> > Abilene, Wd 2, ED 28, SD 5, p. 18B, dwelling 412, family 425
> > (Thomas C. Maley)
> > [4] National Archives
> > [5] Pittsfield
> >
> > KQL
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>


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