Hi I create a custom source named researcher in the master source list , then add a person and add the researcher source to that person - you can then use the filters or custom report writer to keep track of them Alan -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 11/2/19, Rowan Sylvester-Bradley <rowan@sylvesterbradley.org> wrote: Subject: [TMG] Re: Correspomdents within TMG To: "The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List" <tmg@rootsweb.com> Cc: "ALAN HALE via TMG" <tmg@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, 11 February, 2019, 22:52 Alan, Thanks for your reply. Please can you explain what you mean by "a researcher source". I can of course add each correspondent as a person even if they are not related to anyone in my tree. And I could I suppose create a custom field withing the Source Definition and put in there the ID of the person. But then I would need to generate a meaningful piece of text in the report (or the SecondSite website) giving the name of the person as well as their ID. Is this possible? How? Thanks - Rowan On 11/02/19 22:36, ALAN HALE via TMG wrote: > Hi > > I use a "researcher"  source to find them and add them as a person also even if they are not linked to the main tree > > Alan > -------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 11/2/19, Rowan Sylvester-Bradley <rowan@sylvesterbradley.org> wrote: > >  Subject: [TMG] Correspomdemnts within TMG >  To: "The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List" <tmg@rootsweb.com> >  Date: Monday, 11 February, 2019, 17:32 >  >  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 -- -- Rowan Sylvester-Bradley 22 Fox Green Great Bradley Newmarket Suffolk CB8 9NR United Kingdom Phone: 01440 783157 Email: rowan@sylvesterbradley.org _______________________________________________ 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