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Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:17 PM

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ByGones - research tool

Bygones is a research note keeping program, that is NOT
designed to enter family data into "lineage linked" family groups and
lines. Rather, it is meant to offer a way to record and keep research
notes, that are often recorded BEFORE you've figured out how the
information "fits" together in family groups and lines.
Some may ask why I use Bygones to record research notes if I put all that
info in my lineage linked database program. Some of the reasons are:
1) I don't record "negative" searches in my lineage linked database
program, but I want to keep track of them. Bygones is the place I like to
do that.
2) I also record information on people that I don't know if/how the fit
into my family, in case I later figure out if/how they do fit. In that
case, I usually don't immediately enter those people into my lineage linked
program, but I want to keep the info somewhere--which I do in Bygones + my
paper files.
3) I also use Bygones to keep information on correspondents,
correspondence, & info on "my" localities that my lineage-linked genealogy
program doesn't have a good place to record.

So, Bygones is not a lineage linked genealogy program, and it doesn't try
to replace them. Rather, it is meant to be used along with, and supplement
a lineage linked genealogy program, to keep track of research notes and
other information that are part of the initial research process.

You can download it at http://home.utah-inter.net/bygones/index.htm