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Subject: Re: [TMG] Using TMG for research -- best practices
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:28:18 EST


In a message dated 2/13/01 10:55:08 AM Central Standard Time,
writes:

<< I think I see what you're talking about -- a Flag called Research Log that
defaults to ?, and you run a list of people to set it to Y when needed, then
you ... That's where I lost the thread. Piqued my curiosity because it
sounds like something I would use, if I could just see completely what you
mean by it. (Pregnancy sucks brain cells, you know. That's how babies get
them.) ;)

Thanks again.
DeAnna >>

DeAnna,
First off, I have three kids, so I have only one brain cell left. That
cell, I share with the cat. He occationally takes it to Florida on the back
of someone's pickup, during which time, I have no brain cells. <G>
You are right. I set the FLAG to ? most of the time. But occationally I
need to run a report on a certain group of people, so I set the flag to Yes
for those people and then run the report with the filter
RESEARCH FLAG = Y.
I use this a lot for my cemetery listing report. I search for everyone who
was buried in a certain cemetery and mark the flag Y. Then I run an
Individual Narative with the filter
RESEARCH FLAG=Y. (I use it similar to the grouping feature in UFT for you UFT
refugees.)
I get a nice report with everyone that was buried in that cemetery. I can
include the tags I want. I usually used BMDB. Since I have cemetery pictures
linked to the burial tag, I get a picture of each tombstone I have already in
my database, so I take the report, and I know which pictures I already have
and which I need.
Then I reset the flag back to ? so that the next time I run the report, I
start with a clean flag.
Teresa

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