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From: "billharrison" <>
Subject: Re: [CUST] Beginners' questions
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:36:17 +0100
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Hi Stephen and Listers

With regard to the personal Reference Number - I give every one my tree a
unique personal reference number which I enter in a record when I find a
link.

In my Family Tree software (Generations ) I link the information to a source
called say "Custodian IGI" or "Custodian ***" - from the main index all you
have to do to get a full list on a particular person is search on their
particular Personal Reference No.

regards

Bill

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Lowe" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CUST] Beginners' questions


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Benham" <>
> [(i) Is there anywhere to record sources, be they published material,
> databases or whatever, that have been searched, and no relevant
> material found?]
>
> Try the 'Research' button and use the 'research notes' and 'to do
> log'.
>
> [(ii) How do users recommend the family and personal references
> be used?]
>
> Every entry I have has the personal references appended. My main
> database relates to a singel county and the families from there. To
> this end I just tend to keep the family reference simple with the
> family name and a number after it - e.g. 1 for a family group from one
> village - 2 for a family group from a couple of villages away.
>
> There are many different ways of using family references, and there
> are examples of this in the Custodian archives. I use 5 characters
> which basically consists of two letters (surname initial and forename
> initial) and three numbers
>
> [How do users define families? The descendents of a common ancestor,
> or the ancestors of a common descendent, a bit of both, or neither?]
>
> I think this, as with many things is a matter of personal preference.
> For me I use a bit of both.
>
> Geoffers
> Charlbury, Oxfordshire
>
>
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