ronald ferguson wrote
For example, my main interst is in publishing on websites. On these I
mainly use the Pedigree and Family Group options and both of these will
publish the Marriage Events in the appropriate pages.
However, If your interest is like to be in printing say, an Individual
Report then the Marriage Events will not print.
At first I thought the idea of having Marriage Events and entering
things such as holidays etc was a nice idea, and I really see no good
reason for *not* having the option to include them in Individual
Reports. After all, if Mr & Mrs Smith went on holiday together, Mr
Smith went on holiday and why shouldn't that appear on a Report of his
life? More importantly, Divorce could well be considered a "noted event
in their marriage" but should definitely appear in an Individual Report.
Perhaps someone from Legacy would like to comment on the thinking behind
excluding Marriage Events from Individual Reports?
Taking a different point of view, though, where do you draw the line? A
couple going on holiday together could be a Marriage Event and could be
entered as such. But what about a family going on holiday? Is that a
Marriage Event? What if they take the grandchildren? Should that be
entered as a Marriage Event and as an individual Event for the
(grand)children?
Personally, I tend to use Marriage Events only for things which relate
very specifically to the *marriage* rather than generally to the married
couple. So, I consider a second marriage service or Blessing, a
honeymoon, a Divorce to be specifically Marriage Events.
I have a similar "individual entry" vs "group entry" quandary with
Censuses. Up to now, I have created Census Events for each individual
and entered all the relevant details in the Description field, but only
in the Event Notes for the Head of Household (provided the HoH has an
entry in my family file) do detail the full composition of the
household. I put something like "Other members of the household were
his wife X, their children Y and Z, a Parlourmaid and a Kitchenmaid."
For the wife and children, the Event Notes read "See A" where A is the
Head of Household.
The disadvantage of this system is that I do not get that full overview
of the household in any Reports which do not include the Head of
Household - eg an Individual Report for one of the children. It is for
this reason that I am re-thinking how I enter Census information.
I've plenty of time for a long re-think while I finish updating lots of
my most-used Sources to the new standard and hope to GET IT RIGHT THIS
TIME when I finally get around to tackling Censuses!
--
Jenny M Benson
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