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From: "Jane Sarles" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] One more question
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:24:33 -0400
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Diana,

That is very helpful and answers my question perfectly. Thanks.

Jane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Powell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] One more question


> Jane Sarles wrote:
> >
> > I have read of those who create a dummy tag to serve as a repository of
> > information, conjecture, notes, etc. about a particular surname. My
> > question is, if I do this, what designation do I give the tag?
Unrelated?
>
> I don't use dummy tags, but I do use a lot of dummy "people", not only
> for surnames but also for localities. When I set them up, I select
> "unrelated". I call my dummy "people" something like "Any Jones" (where
> Any = the given name and Jones = the surname). For a locality I make
> the surname the state and the given name the county, eg.... "Washington
> County Virginia.
>
> > If so, then it would appear that it would not be linked to the others
> > in the family, or does that matter? Guidance here, if you please?
>
> When I find a "tidbit" about the Jones family I go to the Any Jones
> "person" and select a custom tag called ResNote. Then I enter whatever
> I found in the Memo field. I attach as witnesses anyone in the Jones
> family that I think this record might be applicable to. The ResNote tag
> has a sentence of <[M]> so I can print out the contents of the memo
> field for all my bits and pieces relating to a particular surname. I
> set up the witness sentence so it doesn't print (to me its just a
> research tool). If the record is in TMG as a source, I also add a
> citation on the ResNote tag.
>
> Its a little bit of extra work to do all of this, but it is working a
> lot like the old Research Log we used before computers.
>
> Diana Powell
> P.S. If you set up locality "dummy" people as well as Surname "dummy"
> people and find a record on say the Jones family in say, Washington Co.,
> Tennessee, you can go to the Any Jones "person", add your ResNote tag,
> and then make P2 the appropriate locality "person". Again, add anyone
> you want to as witnesses. Now, you can go to either your surname
> "person" or your locality "person" five years from now and see tidbits
> that didn't mean anything now, but might then.
> >
>
>
>
>
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