* Lists v Flags

[ruthhenrietta]

Hello! I've decided to 'clean up' my data entry, and make more links between different records. Is there an advantage of using a list rather than a flag - or visa versa? The kind of things I'm thinking about are: noting people who were part of the same company / had the same civic role; noting which records I have to go back to in order to add information; noting whose wills I have 'on file'.

[ruthhenrietta]

PS it's very disconcerting to have the Christmas lights blowing out )

[ColeValleyGirl]

For planning and tracking research you might want to look at Research Notes (new in FH7), rather than Lists or Flags. However, if you don't want to use Research Notes, see Using Named Lists to Track Your Research on using Lists instead.

For noting people who had something in common, flags IMO make more sense, especially if you want to display that they e.g. worked for the same company on a diagram. See Record Flags for what you can do with FLags.

P.S. Click on your user name top right, User Control Panel > Board Preferences to turn off the Christmas lights.

[ruthhenrietta]

Thanks - that's helpful - I can see that lists are more powerful... will think more carefully about which I use for what!