Research Project


I enhanced the Research Project to accomplish one thing: :Get rid of as much paper
as I can. I attended a class on research logs; the why, how and what information
you need to keep about your family history. It was important to keep information
about what you have researched so that you can then retrace your steps and/or not
re-do the same source again and again. In my opinion, TMG does an excellent job of keeping
track of the information you have found, but not so good of a job keeping track of
the sources you have searched and DID NOT find your relatives.

The class reviewed what information you should keep about each source, on paper, and
the reasons to track each field. As I was sitting there in the class I found that
if I implemented those recommendations that I would have just created another pile of
papers in an already too high pile that I have at home.

I searched the internet to find what others were doing to solve this problem.
I found this website documentation authored by Chris Casper (Her documentation).
This documentation was orginaly found on Lee Hoffmans TMG Tips User Tutoral Page.
The pages that she authored did not give me everything I needed to reproduce the
project. However it does give a good descripton on the basics.

List of Tags for Research Project

(Click on the Tag Name link to see the summary of what the tag does. Click on the Creation Documentation link for exact creation steps and an example.)
Tag Name Description Creation Documentation.
Add a new source How to create a new Source Person? Create a new Source Person documentation..
Update Name Task Update the name of this Source. Update Name Task documentation..
DateSrchd DateSrchd - The date you last searched this source The date searched creation documentation..
RecordType RecordType - Identifies the type of this source. RecordType Tag creation documentation..
Call_No Call_No - Documents the library Call Number. Call_No Tag creation documentation..
SrcNotes Source Notes - What is important about this source. SrcNotes tag creation documentation..
Citation Citation - Identifies the Author of the source. Citation Tag creation documentation..
Repository Repository - Identifies the Respository of this information. Repository Tag creation documentation..
TimePeriod TimePeriod - Documents the span of dates for this source. The TimePeriod creation tag documentation..
Objective Objective - Why are you searching this source. Objective Tag creation documentation..
Locality Locality - The place that this source refers to. Locality Tag creation documentation..
Surnames Surnames - What Surnames could be located in this source. The Surnames tag creation documentation..
People People - Full name of people that could be located in this source. People Tag creation documentation..
RschNotes RschNotes - Other information you are looking to find. RschNotes Tag creation documentation..
Extract Extract - What did you find in this source. The Extract tag creation documentation..
Fileloc Fileloc - More information how to find the source. Fileloc Tag creation documentation..
Follow-Up Follow-Up - After analizing your results, this information needs further research. Follow-Up Tag creation documentation..
FlagDef Flag values Flag Value definations documentation..
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Create a new Source Person Create a new Source Person documentation.

Display the Master Template in the Details Window; (0 AAAMASTERTEMPLATE).
Select the word Add on the top line. From the newly open window, select Copy Person.
From this newly added person continue on to Update Name Task.

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Update Name Task Update Name Task documentation.

Double-click on the Name tag to update the GivenName to Reflect the title of the source.
Click the Ok button to save the updated information.

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DateSrchd Tag The date searched documentation.

Enter the date that you last searched this source.

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RecordType RecordType Tag creation documentation.

The RecordType tag records the library abbreviation and the section within the library
where you will find the source. The DETAIL field has the abbreviation of the
library. The MEMO field has the library name, City, State.

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Call_No Tag Call_No Tag creation documentation.

The Call_No Tag tag has been created to keep the detailed library Call information.
The DETAIL field will have the abbreviation of the library. The MEMO has the document
call information.

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SrcNotes Tag SrcNotes Tag creation documentation.

The SrcNotes tag is used to document more information about this source and what I
am looking for.

The DETAIL field will have the abbreviation of the library.

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Citation Tag Citation Tag creation documentation.

The Citation tag is the only place that keeps the Surety Values for this source.
This Citation tag never prints because the source number is -1.

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Repository Tag Repository Tag creation documentation.

The Repository tag tracks the location where this source was found.
The MEMO field has the long version of the Repository.

Example: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
New England Historic Genealogical Society Society Library, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-3087, phone: (617) 536-5740

The DETAIL field will have the abbreviation of the library.

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TimePeriod Tag TimePeriod Tag creation documentation.

The TimePeriod tag tracks the range of dates that encompasses the source.

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Objective Tag Objective Tag creation documentation.

The Objective tag tracks what you expect to find in this source.

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Locality Tag Locality Tag creation documentation.

The Locality tag tracks in what area in the world this source refers to.

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Surnames Tag Surnames Tag creation documentation.

The Surnames tag tracks the possible surnames that might be present in this source.
These Surnames are not the Surnames that you found in the source, only the possibilities.

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People Tag People Tag creation documentation.

The People tag keeps track of the full names of people that you are looking for
or the persons that you found.

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RschNotes Tag RschNotes Tag creation documentation.

The RschNotes tag is used to document exactly why you were interested in this source.

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Extract Tag Extract Tag creation documentation.

The Extract tag can be used to keep an extract of the source if you find valid
information or it could point to the filename of another document that extracts
findings.

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Fileloc Tag Fileloc Tag creation documentation.

The Fileloc tag tracks more information on how to find this source.

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Followup Tag Followup Tag creation documentation.

The Followup tag what other things you may need to do after reviewing this source.

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Flag Value Definations for Research Project

Flag Name Description Values of each flag.
FORMAT Identifies the Format of the source. ? = Unknown
B = Book
M = Microfilm
F = microFische
O = Online
U = Unpublished
S = ManuScript
.
Digitized Has the source been digitized? ? = Unknown
N = No
Y = Yes
.
INDEXED Has the source been indexed? ? = Unknown
N = No
Y = Yes
.
COPY This source could be copied. ? = Unknown
N = No
Y = Yes
.
SRCHRESULT Results of the search. Z = Unknown
N = No Results
Y = Yes
.
OBJ_MET Has the Objective of the search been met? ? = Unknown
N = No
Y = Yes
.
SrchAgain Mark this source to review again. ? = Unknown
N = No
Y = Yes
.
ALL_LINES Search this source for all surnames. N = No
Y = Yes
.
A Surname One entry for each of the 16 great, great, grandparents surnames. N = No
Y = Yes
.

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