Notes or Comments?

Keith Wilson · Post by **Keith Wilson** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:12 am

Originally posted by ddell

How are people using the Notes and Comments fields? Are some things better suited for one or the other, or is it really just up to me how I use the fields?

Thanks!

Keith Wilson · Post by **Keith Wilson** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:12 am

Notes are for information that you are happy for others to read. Notes get exported to a Gedcom file and can be read by other genealogy applications.

Comments are usually for information that is " work in progress" or you are unsure about. Although Comments do get exported to a Gedcom file, most other genealogy apps ignore Comments.

You can also use the menu option People - Todo List to store more info for each person.

And what do those Chinese characters mean?

Keith

Keith Wilson · Post by **Keith Wilson** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:12 am

Originally posted by ddell

Thanks for the clarification Keith.

The Chinese characters I am using for my picture, [ch23478][ch35676], mean " family history" or " family record" . I chose that as my picture in honor of my wife's Chinese ancestry.

The Chinese characters in " personal text" below the picture, [ch25105][ch24859], simply mean " I love" as in " I love iFamilyforTiger!"