That's some very interesting information, Sharon. I would love to have info like that in the form that you displayed here. I have Personal Historian but its information is not as broad as what you've shown.
Thanks, Jim On 10/7/07, Sharon Perdue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just added an event called "Year Event". Currently, I am using this for > things of interest I have found for specific years. These are timeline > type > events, that I thought were interesting or fun, and wanted them in each > report I do for the records to which I have attached them, without having > to > add a timeline report. > > > > Linking to everyone with a birth year of 1957, born in US - announcement > that appeared in newspapers across the United States that said: > > "The birth of a new car, the Edsel, is announced by the Ford Motor Company > of Dearborn, Michigan. You are cordially invited to see this new addition > to > the Ford Family of Fine Cars at your nearest Edsel dealer." > > > > Linking to someone who was born (individual event) or married (marriage > event) in 1904: > > The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years. > > Only 14% of the homes in the US had a bathtub. > > Only 8% of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to > New > York City cost $11.00. > > There were only 8,000 cars in the US, and only 144 miles of paved roads. > The > maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. > > Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated > than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only > the > 21st most populous state in the Union. The population of Las Vegas, > Nevada, > was 30! > > > > Sharon > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
