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I also do something similiar. I have create an event called Gravesite and record the information in the following way Event name: Gravesite Event Place : Eaglehawk Cemetery, Eaglehawk, , Victoria, Australia Notes "Location Section: MON G, Grave Number: 34 Transcription of Headstone This Plaque had been laid to commemorate / the arrival from Cornwall 140 years ago / on the SS Great Britain 24 Dec. 1861 of / Martha (Carbis) / Died 1882 / John Bassett Died 1868 / Both are Laid to rest here. / They laid the foundation for our future. / Remembered by the descendants 20 Jan. 2002 / At a Family gathering in Eaglehawk. Interred at this site John Bassett Martha Bassett" If there is no headstone I just put No Headstone instead of Transcription of Headstone. This has the effect of standardizing the information in the event and the look. This standardization looks good in reports and is also clear to non-geneologists. In somecases I also attach a photo of the grave site if I have it. It also helps if I go the cemetery and I can print off an Event Report for a paricular location do some research and/or take photos. Sandra Melbourne Cary wrote: Another option is to create a Burial info event for each person, putting a picture of that headstone and putting transcriptions in the notes. That way pictures will appear for that person in written reports (they won't if added to Burial in Family view). I put a photo of the cemetery entrance in the Source description, but each stone only with the person(s) named.Cary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gail Rich Nestor Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do you record someone acting as a witness? Changes in County boundaries? Hi Dave, in Legacy I currently only use the grave marker information as a source for facts/events (i.e. St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, grave marker for William C. Nestor, photographed by Marghie Nestor Howard, 16 Jun 2004.). This includes the master source portion (the cemetery info.) and the citation detail (the stone itself). I include the inscription in the detail text, but do not attach the photo in Legacy. The reason for not attaching the photo is that the citation detail is copied and pasted as a source for several events/facts and I thought it would be very redundant to paste the photo mutiple times. Instead, I import all my photos (pictures, documents, and grave marker phots) directly to TNG. Each cemetery has the all the photos where I have them available. I also put the transcriptions there and attach to the appropriate individual(s) in TNG. For transcriptions where I do not have a photo or where I found the photo at FindAGrave or elsewhere on the net, I merely list the transcription and then create a link to where the photo and/or transcription originated. It probably makes better sense if you check out a few of my cemeteries online. For all photos I own, I scan them at an archival size and place them in the appropriate folder on my hard drive. Then, I create a web-sized copy of them and place them in a single folder (sorted alphabetically by last name) to be uploaded to TNG. Therefore, I never have to worry about long file names caused by them being buried in subdirectories. I hope this gives you some ideas. There are lots of ways to do this, but this has worked well for me (aside for the tedium of having to make two copies of every photo!). I'm not sure if this answers your original question, but I see you have posted to the TNG list where the gurus there can probably better answer your technical question. Hope this helps! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Keeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How do you record someone acting as a witness? Changes in County boundaries? Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp |
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