Shannon M. Thomas | Mostly Genealogy

Today, I have been reminiscing about some of my research and remembering our ancestors.  Joseph Thomas was one of the first ancestors that I spent a lot of time researching and wanting to know more.  There is still more to find out and connections to make.  Below is a post I did last year about Joseph. How are you remembering your ancestors this Memorial Day?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joseph is my husband's 3rd great-grandfather.   Joseph was born in 1830 probably in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and he died 3 Apr 1865 in Hopewell, Prince George County, Virginia from wounds received during the Civil War. Joseph married Elizabeth Jane Savage (I blogged about  Elizabeth's burial search  before) 19 June 1854 in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.  Joseph and Elizabeth had 7 children: Daniel W. Thomas John W. Thomas Joshu...

...to celebrate Mother's Day and my 11 year anniversary! The last few days have been great! Now back to our regularly scheduled program...my genealogy!

During the A to Z challenge for April I had a few requests to see more about my sources.  For the next month or so I am going to post about some of my sources in Legacy on Sundays. In the source list name it looks like Baptism--Pennsylvania--Columbia County--Orangeville--Zion Reformed Church.  The citation is as follows: Zion Reformed Church (Orangeville, Pennsylvania, USA), Baptism Certificate, Richard Donald Thomas (1923), issued 1 Jun 1923. Cit. Date 4 Dec 2012. I have a copy of the original certificate.  It is for my husband's grandfather.

I should have planned my posts better.  When I first started I was doing great and then weekend happened!  Next time I will plan ahead and have posts done and scheduled to post. I really like blogging!  I looked forward to writing each post and sharing my Legacy database and Evernote. I really like the comments from my readers.  I tried very hard to make sure that I commented on those who left me comments. There are a lot of great bloggers out there! Even those who are non genealogy addicts still found my blog interesting! I like sharing Legacy tips and tricks and how I use it in my genealogy. Evernote is great at archiving posts with a little help from IFTTT .   My Legacy to do list and my sources need some cleaning up. I still don't have a great way to track my genealogy -- A research log would be great if I could decide on the best way to do it. I LOVE genealogy! I hope everyone has enjoyed the A to Z challenge for April.  If there a...

Sometimes the fonts that we use in our database can make it hard to see.  In the individual information screen if you go to options and then zoom you can change your font size to make it easier for you to see it.   You can also find in under options on the index view, descendant view, and the Legacy home tab.  I'm sure there are other locations to use this zoom feature; if find others please let me know. Thank you for hanging out here at my blog for the A to Z Challenge!  I hope you learned something new along the way!

You can decide if you want the years a person was alive displayed in legacy.  This can be adjusted under Options > Customize > #8 View.  In 8.1 if you uncheck the check boxes the years will not be displayed in Legacy. The image below shows the years displayed on the family tab. The years are displayed in the family view, the pedigree view and on the name list.  The image below shows section 8.1 where you can make your changes. Up next is my last post, letter Z, for the A to Z challenge.  It has been lots of fun sharing my Legacy database and a little of Evernote with all of you.  See you for letter Z!

To get to the Potential Problems Report I go to My Toolbar > Report Menu > Other > Potential Problems. The first tab, Records, allows you to choose what you want to search.  All records, records with previous errors along with new records, etc. and you can also check records with a certain tag# and tag all problems records with a certain tag#.  Tagging your records with potential problems is beneficial because it makes it easier to work with the records to make corrections.  On the warnings tab you can select when Legacy will warn you of potential problems in you database.  You can adjust the warnings to fit your needs. Under the problems tab you can select what problems you want to be notified of.  The warnings und the standardization tab help keep your database consistent.  Under the gaps tab you are able to adjust the gaps that you get a warning for a potential problem. I have a note in Evernote in my B...