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| − | With grateful thanks to Macbev who taught me about the repeat button | + | With grateful thanks to Macbev who taught me about the repeat button. |
It is tempting at first just to add information about a person in the note field, but this soon becomes unwieldy, it is far better to use “Events” | It is tempting at first just to add information about a person in the note field, but this soon becomes unwieldy, it is far better to use “Events” | ||
| − | For example, you may have found a family on a census and you want to enter the details for say the husband, wife and a couple of children. | + | For example, you may have found a family on a census and you want to enter the details for say the husband, wife and a couple of children. <br><br> |
*Start off by opening up the card for the husband and click on add event. | *Start off by opening up the card for the husband and click on add event. | ||
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*In the notes box, I write a nice description, such as “The family consists of Fred Bloggs age 32, Ag lab, wife Mary….. etc. | *In the notes box, I write a nice description, such as “The family consists of Fred Bloggs age 32, Ag lab, wife Mary….. etc. | ||
| − | *When it is all filled in, click on save. | + | *When it is all filled in, click on save. <br><br> |
| − | To add the same details for the wife: | + | To add the same details for the wife:<br><br> |
| − | * | + | *Open up her card |
| − | * | + | *Click on add event, so the blank event card opens. If you look down the right hand side, you will see “Repeat”. |
| − | * | + | *Click on that and your title appears in the top line. |
*Click repeat again and the description line fills in; continue clicking and everything including the notes appears. | *Click repeat again and the description line fills in; continue clicking and everything including the notes appears. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:17, 20 March 2008
With grateful thanks to Macbev who taught me about the repeat button.
It is tempting at first just to add information about a person in the note field, but this soon becomes unwieldy, it is far better to use “Events”
For example, you may have found a family on a census and you want to enter the details for say the husband, wife and a couple of children.
- Start off by opening up the card for the husband and click on add event.
- Record your event (i.e. 1861 census) on the top line.
- The second line is Description, this is where I put the RG or HO source number.
- The next line is date; some people put the census day here.
- The next line is place; I put the full address here.
- In the notes box, I write a nice description, such as “The family consists of Fred Bloggs age 32, Ag lab, wife Mary….. etc.
- When it is all filled in, click on save.
To add the same details for the wife:
- Open up her card
- Click on add event, so the blank event card opens. If you look down the right hand side, you will see “Repeat”.
- Click on that and your title appears in the top line.
- Click repeat again and the description line fills in; continue clicking and everything including the notes appears.
- Just close and do the same again for each of the children. It is very quick to enter the event for a whole family, no matter how many children there are.
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