Writing a "Genealogist's Report" to yourself. - Genealogy Wise2024-03-29T06:59:51Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/forum/topics/writing-a-genealogists-report?feed=yes&xn_auth=noAh ha. Thanks for the clarifi…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-31:3463583:Comment:2030192009-10-31T23:50:18.191ZBJohnstonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/BobJohnston
Ah ha. Thanks for the clarification.
Ah ha. Thanks for the clarification. Yes, we have problems with th…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-31:3463583:Comment:2030162009-10-31T23:34:05.179ZSue McCormickhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SueMcCormick
Yes, we have problems with this overlap of initials — we own a Garmin, so we also think in terms of Global Positioning.<br />
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In Genealogy, "GPS" stands for "Genealogical Proof Standard." Genealogists used to use the term "preponderance of evidence;" this standard is more precisely defined.
Yes, we have problems with this overlap of initials — we own a Garmin, so we also think in terms of Global Positioning.<br />
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In Genealogy, "GPS" stands for "Genealogical Proof Standard." Genealogists used to use the term "preponderance of evidence;" this standard is more precisely defined. What does the phrase, "...GPS…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-31:3463583:Comment:2030072009-10-31T23:11:15.259ZBJohnstonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/BobJohnston
What does the phrase, "...GPS verification" mean as regards an individual? I'm retired military, so GPS to me means Global Positioning System and NAVSTAR Constellation and nothing related to genealogy.
What does the phrase, "...GPS verification" mean as regards an individual? I'm retired military, so GPS to me means Global Positioning System and NAVSTAR Constellation and nothing related to genealogy. Gene:
Thank you for this loc…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-31:3463583:Comment:2026452009-10-31T02:00:35.310ZSue McCormickhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SueMcCormick
Gene:<br />
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Thank you for this location. I've copied off the samples for study tomorrow — it's been a hard day, and I don't trust myself to understand tonight.
Gene:<br />
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Thank you for this location. I've copied off the samples for study tomorrow — it's been a hard day, and I don't trust myself to understand tonight. Thank you for your comment; t…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-30:3463583:Comment:2025232009-10-30T17:02:05.181ZSue McCormickhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SueMcCormick
Thank you for your comment; the ultimate thank you goes to Dae Powell, for calling my attention to the Val Greenwood title several months ago. In a chat room, Dae said that the thanks go to Val, which is probably also true.<br />
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I agree with you about the help GenWise gives us through interaction with others.
Thank you for your comment; the ultimate thank you goes to Dae Powell, for calling my attention to the Val Greenwood title several months ago. In a chat room, Dae said that the thanks go to Val, which is probably also true.<br />
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I agree with you about the help GenWise gives us through interaction with others. Thanks Sue, for starting a ve…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-30:3463583:Comment:2025132009-10-30T16:09:29.015ZNancy Hurleyhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/NancyHurley
Thanks Sue, for starting a very worthwhile discussion here. I feel these reminders about goals and conversation about organization are really good for us all, regardless of the level we consider ourselves to be in our research. I've appreciated all your comments and those of Gene and others who've participated. Now I've made a resolution to report to myself on one or two groups immediately. It will probably help a lot in seeing through some walls. GW is great for having input and encouragement…
Thanks Sue, for starting a very worthwhile discussion here. I feel these reminders about goals and conversation about organization are really good for us all, regardless of the level we consider ourselves to be in our research. I've appreciated all your comments and those of Gene and others who've participated. Now I've made a resolution to report to myself on one or two groups immediately. It will probably help a lot in seeing through some walls. GW is great for having input and encouragement from other genealogists, isn't it!! Thanks, Gene:
Reunion presen…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-29:3463583:Comment:2016142009-10-29T01:24:07.459ZSue McCormickhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SueMcCormick
Thanks, Gene:<br />
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Reunion presents the researcher with what it calls a "Family Card," which is as I described above. From this you can generate a Family Group Sheet. I'll quote part of the online manual (a very complete one) for the Family Group Sheet:<br />
"A family group sheet is a form that shows information about one immediate family. This typically includes the husband, wife, and children. The family group sheet has become popular primarily through its heavy use by the LDS (an abbreviation for the…
Thanks, Gene:<br />
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Reunion presents the researcher with what it calls a "Family Card," which is as I described above. From this you can generate a Family Group Sheet. I'll quote part of the online manual (a very complete one) for the Family Group Sheet:<br />
"A family group sheet is a form that shows information about one immediate family. This typically includes the husband, wife, and children. The family group sheet has become popular primarily through its heavy use by the LDS (an abbreviation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).<br />
Reunion adheres to the traditional layout of family group sheets — one which conveys information about a family and its members. Family group sheets do not include details about other families in which a husband or wife participated. The family group sheet focuses on the husband and wife shown on the current family card. If you want to create a family group sheet for a person and another of his or her spouses, you should create the family group sheet from the family card showing the correct husband and wife."<br />
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You can also generate blank forms (either Family Group or Person Sheet forms) to take along for field work. (Or to use when recording the study of online sources or when doing phone interviews.)<br />
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At home I work on the family card, which can be adapted to show any group of fields you are working with. When I go out into the field — something I have not yet truly done — I plan to have Family Group Sheet printouts and Blank forms (both Person and Family Group) for each family card I am researching. I think that working on those papers will probably be easier (and safer) than doing much direct computer work while at a library and probably the ONLY recording materials usable at the courthouse. I also suspect that even when the field work is the relatively short day trip it takes to get to the St. Louis or Kansas City areas, I will wish to be able to look up more than one family in case the first goal is easily solved (or more sadly, comes to a screeching halt).<br />
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Forgive me if I've told you more than you want to know. I'm aware that as a Macintosh user, I'm working with a litle known program. Most Mac users seem to feel that Reunion is the best Mac program available, so we chose it for our Christmas present in 2007, when we began our serious study of our families. I've been very happy with using it, but it appears to vary quite a bit from popular programs such as FTM or Legacy.<br />
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Thank you continually for all your help — in the Chat Rooms, in the Groups such as Most Wanted, and in the Forum discussions like this one. I'm not sure how we beginners would develop without the encouragement you give.<br />
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Sue I didn't think of my approach…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-28:3463583:Comment:2008862009-10-28T17:22:02.434ZSue McCormickhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SueMcCormick
I didn't think of my approach as being "at the Family Group Level," but that is what it truly is. My software (Reunion for Macintosh) shows everyone on a family page. In the center of the page is a person or a person and a spouse (therefore single persons are a family group to themselves). There is a place for marriage information (which is invisible when no marriage information is entered); above this are the parents of each spouse in the marriage and below the central couple or person the…
I didn't think of my approach as being "at the Family Group Level," but that is what it truly is. My software (Reunion for Macintosh) shows everyone on a family page. In the center of the page is a person or a person and a spouse (therefore single persons are a family group to themselves). There is a place for marriage information (which is invisible when no marriage information is entered); above this are the parents of each spouse in the marriage and below the central couple or person the children appear. So each time I go to an individual I see the person in a family group setting. The program also creates both Person Sheets and Family Group Sheets as reporting tools.<br />
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And thank you for the reference. I started to reply to this an…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-28:3463583:Comment:2008552009-10-28T15:19:30.533ZSue McCormickhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SueMcCormick
I started to reply to this and the reply got wiped out!<br />
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To keep it short, I do a lot of wandering. The report to myself made that very clear to me. I'll probably continue to wander to some extent, but I believe that I will find out more if I concentrate on the four people who are my parents and my husband's parents and our aunts and uncles. (This also brings in the grandparents and great aunts and uncles — but I'll record them and resist as much as possible the urge to chase them down until…
I started to reply to this and the reply got wiped out!<br />
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To keep it short, I do a lot of wandering. The report to myself made that very clear to me. I'll probably continue to wander to some extent, but I believe that I will find out more if I concentrate on the four people who are my parents and my husband's parents and our aunts and uncles. (This also brings in the grandparents and great aunts and uncles — but I'll record them and resist as much as possible the urge to chase them down until hour parents' generation is firmly in place.)<br />
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This semi-organized approach should be more effective — and more fun — then just jumping around. Oh! If only I could be so org…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-27:3463583:Comment:2005142009-10-27T10:57:50.383ZWilliam Douglashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/WilliamDouglas
Oh! If only I could be so organised!<br />
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I bounce from one 'priority' to another depending on who has been in touch with me most recently.<br />
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I also need to get organised getting organised! What is the best way to collate all the bits of information that accumulate?<br />
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Yours aye,<br />
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William
Oh! If only I could be so organised!<br />
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I bounce from one 'priority' to another depending on who has been in touch with me most recently.<br />
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I also need to get organised getting organised! What is the best way to collate all the bits of information that accumulate?<br />
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Yours aye,<br />
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William