I often wish that TMG could keep a record of all the people that I have corresponded with over the years about family history. I have not been able to find a way of doing this within TMG so I have created a speradsheet to do it. Arguments in favour of being able to do it within TMG seem to be: 1. Some of these people are related to me, so are in my TMG database already. 2. TMG has all the features for recording the names, addresses etc. of people, so why invent another way? 3. Since I often have multiple sources from a single perosn, it would seem to avoid duplicating data if I could just enter this person's details once, then refer to it from each source. Can TMG do this? If so, how? Could I configure it (or hack it in some way) so that it can do this? How? Is HRE going to be able to do this? Many thanks - Rowan

I cite all my contacts as sources--oral communication, email, whatever. The source definition screens have many fields you can customize as you like, and the citation detail can be used as a field for each separate date of communication. David A. Coats Coats Translation Service ATA Certified Translators: E>G, G>E Phone: 612-379-7398 Fax: 612-379-0384 email: david@coatstranslation.com coats.trans@att.net coatstrnsl@cs.com On 2/11/2019 11:32 AM, Rowan Sylvester-Bradley wrote: > I often wish that TMG could keep a record of all the people that I > have corresponded with over the years about family history. I have not > been able to find a way of doing this within TMG so I have created a > speradsheet to do it. Arguments in favour of being able to do it > within TMG seem to be: > > 1. Some of these people are related to me, so are in my TMG database >    already. > 2. TMG has all the features for recording the names, addresses etc. of >    people, so why invent another way? > 3. Since I often have multiple sources from a single perosn, it would >    seem to avoid duplicating data if I could just enter this person's >    details once, then refer to it from each source. > > Can TMG do this? If so, how? > > Could I configure it (or hack it in some way) so that it can do this? > How? > > Is HRE going to be able to do this? > > Many thanks - Rowan > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/tmg@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY  Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > RootsWeb community >

I pick up a lot of family info from Ancestry.com I create a SOURCE with the file name, tree #. I put the Person # for the first entry of that source in as AUTHOR. For the additional person info I am collecting, I add the specific person # in the citation memo. That way I can always find the information again. I didn’t always do that and have wanted to go back and find some of the info where I only put the persons email address in as the source... (of course, some of those emails are no longer active). Nancy -----Original Message----- From: David A. Coats [mailto:david@coatstranslation.com] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:46 AM To: tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: [TMG] Re: Correspomdemnts within TMG I cite all my contacts as sources--oral communication, email, whatever. The source definition screens have many fields you can customize as you like, and the citation detail can be used as a field for each separate date of communication. David A. Coats Coats Translation Service ATA Certified Translators: E>G, G>E Phone: 612-379-7398 Fax: 612-379-0384 email: david@coatstranslation.com coats.trans@att.net coatstrnsl@cs.com On 2/11/2019 11:32 AM, Rowan Sylvester-Bradley wrote: > I often wish that TMG could keep a record of all the people that I > have corresponded with over the years about family history. I have not > been able to find a way of doing this within TMG so I have created a > speradsheet to do it. Arguments in favour of being able to do it > within TMG seem to be: > > 1. Some of these people are related to me, so are in my TMG database > already. > 2. TMG has all the features for recording the names, addresses etc. of > people, so why invent another way? > 3. Since I often have multiple sources from a single perosn, it would > seem to avoid duplicating data if I could just enter this person's > details once, then refer to it from each source. > > Can TMG do this? If so, how? > > Could I configure it (or hack it in some way) so that it can do this? > How? > > Is HRE going to be able to do this? > > Many thanks - Rowan > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/tmg@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > RootsWeb community > _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/tmg@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I use Source Types: E-mail Message Sometimes I enter the particulars of the message in the Supplemental tab for quick reference. Would this be what you are looking for? Ron Chénier http://chesnay.homestead.com/ http://www.bertrandchesnayfrancais.homestead.com -----Original Message----- From: Rowan Sylvester-Bradley <rowan@sylvesterbradley.org> Sent: February 11, 2019 12:32 PM To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <tmg@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TMG] Correspomdemnts within TMG I often wish that TMG could keep a record of all the people that I have corresponded with over the years about family history. I have not been able to find a way of doing this within TMG so I have created a speradsheet to do it. Arguments in favour of being able to do it within TMG seem to be: 1. Some of these people are related to me, so are in my TMG database already. 2. TMG has all the features for recording the names, addresses etc. of people, so why invent another way? 3. Since I often have multiple sources from a single perosn, it would seem to avoid duplicating data if I could just enter this person's details once, then refer to it from each source. Can TMG do this? If so, how? Could I configure it (or hack it in some way) so that it can do this? How? Is HRE going to be able to do this? Many thanks - Rowan _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/tmg@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Rowan asked: > I often wish that TMG could keep a record of all the people... > Can TMG do this? If so, how? Hi Rowan, I create a Source for each correspondant, and use one of the People Source Elements (Author, Compiler, Editor, Subject, Second Person) to identify the person. Note that if the person is in the project you can use their ID number in these Source Elements rather than their name in this field so you get a direct link to this person. Hope this gives you ideas, Michael