One comment on Karen's use of Anecdote tags here... I used to throw a lot of research-note type of stuff into Anecdote tags due to the nice free-form structure, but concluded that (for me, at least) this was a big mistake. When you want to control what does and doesn't print, it's best to have research notes separated from anecdotes (family stories about Grandma's cooking, etc.). I've spent quite a bit of time separating out the two types of data since I had put so much into Anecdote tags. Just something to consider. On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Karen Willard via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >From this person forward in time there is little dispute, right? It's the > ancestors that are being argued over? I do have the same problem in my > files, a couple times. Here is what I have done > > First I enter the newly > discovered-as-a-result-of-reading-something-authoritative (like T.A.G.) > lineage for the person in question. and include an record for the person in > question a second time (as if 'twere a different person). Finally I write > up an Anecdote Tag, discussing all the arguments pro and con, and assign > the two versions of the troublesome person as P1 and P2 so that the > anecdote will follow both. I date the Anecdote Tag to be just before the > birthdate so it will list first. > > When browsing my project, I will spot the tag right away and be reminded of > the controversy. By clicking on the other person attached to the tag I can > be taken immediately to the alternate lineage. When printing out reports, > the tag serves to alert that there is a separate report I might wish to > also print out. > > > Karen Willard > Computer Archivist for Willard Family Association > One-Name Study: Willard (Williard, Willyard) > > >

Adding on to that - I added a second (custom) tag Anedote-No Print so I could pick and choose family stories that I wanted to document but perhaps not share with all and sundry because Grandma's cooking is a sweet anecdote to share but Auntie's alcoholism might not be. And like Karla - that's why I made the custom research tags (and colour coded them a bright (obnoxious) colour as well) - so that the research is separated from the stories and I can see the tags at a glance On 6/15/2015 11:22 AM, Karla Huebner via wrote: > One comment on Karen's use of Anecdote tags here... I used to throw a lot > of research-note type of stuff into Anecdote tags due to the nice free-form > structure, but concluded that (for me, at least) this was a big mistake. > When you want to control what does and doesn't print, it's best to have > research notes separated from anecdotes (family stories about Grandma's > cooking, etc.). I've spent quite a bit of time separating out the two types > of data since I had put so much into Anecdote tags. > > Just something to consider. > >

Linda, I do exactly the same with my Anecdotes (but then there are those gray-area anecdotes... to print or not to print...) Karla On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Linda M. Towne <manateemum@gmail.com> wrote: > Adding on to that - I added a second (custom) tag Anedote-No Print so I > could pick and choose family stories that I wanted to document but perhaps > not share with all and sundry because Grandma's cooking is a sweet anecdote > to share but Auntie's alcoholism might not be. > > >