Just got done watching the Clooz video - BTW, it's cheaper ordering from www.clooz.com than from www.123genealogy.com (Liz's shipping & handling via USPS is much cheaper). I ordered Monday evening and received Saturday morning. I'm a long time Clooz user who thought he was pretty comfortable with the program -- but I learned a lot about Liz's philosophy of how to use Clooz by watching her explain her filing approach, how to enter census records, documents, sources, correspondence, directories, etc. And, how to use Clooz reporting to further your research. As they say, a picture is worth 1000 words. So, I would highly recommend the video for anyone who has ever had doubts they're using the program correctly. Now, I need to spend a few hours cleaning up a few things. The most important thing I personally learned was not only is it not necessary to fill in EVERY blank in the screens - in fact, it's important to fill in ONLY those items actually stated in the document. Also, Liz mentions how to subscribe to the mailing list in the video - so perhaps traffic will start to pick up. Mike Dickson

Thanks, Mike. Your comments are appreciated! I enjoyed doing the video once I got over the initial jitters. Now if I could just get the camera to take off those extra pounds... :) At 12:26 PM 3/24/01 -0600, Mike Dickson wrote: >Just got done watching the Clooz video - BTW, it's cheaper ordering from >www.clooz.com than from >www.123genealogy.com (Liz's shipping & handling via USPS is much >cheaper). I ordered Monday evening >and received Saturday morning. > >I'm a long time Clooz user who thought he was pretty comfortable with the >program -- but I learned a >lot about Liz's philosophy of how to use Clooz by watching her explain her >filing approach, how to >enter census records, documents, sources, correspondence, directories, >etc. And, how to use Clooz >reporting to further your research. > >As they say, a picture is worth 1000 words. So, I would highly recommend >the video for anyone who >has ever had doubts they're using the program correctly. Now, I need to >spend a few hours cleaning >up a few things. > >The most important thing I personally learned was not only is it not >necessary to fill in EVERY >blank in the screens - in fact, it's important to fill in ONLY those items >actually stated in the >document. > >Also, Liz mentions how to subscribe to the mailing list in the video - so >perhaps traffic will start >to pick up. > >Mike Dickson > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL Ancestor Detective, LLC http://www.ancestordetective.com Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com Editor of Genealogical Computing, http://www.ancestry.com