[Fwd: Re: [Gramps-users] Planning tools.]

[Michelle E. <eng...@gm...>]

I think, this one is for all...

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Subject: Re: [Gramps-users] Planning tools.
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:48:55 -0800
From: Martin Cassidy <cas...@ea...>
To: Michelle Engel <eng...@gm...>
References: <422...@co...> <423...@gm...>

Hi all,

I use Legacy's to-do function, and it's the only reason I boot into
windows nowadays.  I consider myself a genalogist first, and a linux
user second.

To-do's are "conceived" when entering raw data on a person. "Need obit",
"cemetery", "marriage record", etc.  And I likely know where I need to
look for that record.  In my case "Cincinnati", or "Clermont County", or
"SLC"

In other words, the to-do occurs to me while I am working on a person.
I enter it then, and the vitals of the person (death date and location
for instance) get attached to the to-do, which makes it handy when going
to the location to find the record.

When I enter locality, it's super handy to sort a report that way so
that my research activities at a particular location are together.  In
the case of a large library, I use department name as well, so "Cinci
Library Newspaper" are grouped together as well as "Cinci Library Rare
Books".

But that's done on a person basis.  There are to-do's that associate
with events; and then there is the terrible "General", usually needed to
uncover some basic historical facts relating to time and place, or
"color".  Or even worse, "Find ggrandpa Jones".

Other to-do's involve clarifying and verifying and viewing source
material, or getting a photograph.

IMHO, once a to-do list is working, one would probably have the basics
for developing a decent planning tool for genealogy research.

Happy hunting!