B is for Blog Posts

I blog about my ancestors but how do I keep track of what I've posted without searching my blog?

Here's what I do : I did a post on January 19, 2014 about my Third Great Grandfather Edward C. Lewis. I then selected my post and did a print to PDF and saved it in my Genealogy notebook under the Lewis surname. Then I went to Edward in Legacy and attached the PDF to the Blog Event/Fact that I created.

This is Edward's information.

Edwards Individual Information screen. Under the Event/Fact you see an
Event/Fact Blog Post {where the green arrow is}.

This is what the Event/Fact looks like. It includes the name of the
Blog and the date it was posted.
You can add an image by clicking on the image icon
{the icon with the green box around it}.

Select add media and then document. Select the document you want
linked to your Event/Fact.

Now when I want to see what I have already posted about Edward on my blog I just have to go to his Blog Post Event/Fact and to the linked document and I don't have to search my entire blog looking to see what I have. And this is a great backup of your blog posts.

I wonder what the letter C will bring us tomorrow??

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