Family Historian User Group

I do my family history research intermittently and I am forgetful. [grin]
It would be very usesful if I could record that I had researched a particular document and found NO relevant entry for a particular person or event. This information would then be linked to the person or event and could be printed out in reports.
This would help preventing me duplicating my efforts.[rolleyes]

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Could you not use a source?

You could have a source for each individual that you have researched called, say, 'Bloggs, Joe - Research' and then link that to their name.

Another possiblity is to use lists. So have a list for 1881 Census Searches, add each person you search for and in the note on the person in the list where in the index you searched and what for.

I use lists as Jane suggested. Some are 'to dos'. eg Things I must do when I'm next in the FRC. I also have lists for 'failures', eg 'Not found in 1881 census'.

Like you I'm an intermittent user so this helps me remember what I'd done previously and also what I still need to do.