Bob: For what it's worth, I like to enter any confirmations the person existed under events, which would include a biography. I enjoy the feature of having a date, or a span of time, to reflect the information and source details.
I use the general and research notes more to remind me of what I have done or a Possible source for that person. I do use the Medical notes to describe the persons death, or disease they died from. Hope this helps... Paul www.pdcroteau.com ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Legacy <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 6:04:37 AM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Notes VS Events > > I'm having some personal conflict in whether to add data as a note or an > event > and would like some views on where folks place specific data . > > For example - I have a biography from relative A - should I enter it under > the > notes or make it an event? another - If entering 1860 census data showing > Uncle > Joe's family and those living in his household - note or event? > > Some observations when preparing a 'book' report - Descendant Narrative : > (1) > If I enter data as a note, the information is located immediately under the > persons name as a flowing narrative, which can get rather lengthy plus would > require adding my sourcing information to the narrative if I wanted to show > where I got the information; OR (2) if entered as an event, the data becomes > a > short cryptic entry after the name with a footnote. I do note that the > entire > data can appear in the footnote, together with the sourcing material, > providing > that feature is elected when setting up the source detail (i.e., selecting > 'Add > this text to the source citation on reports' ). > > It may be that personal preference dictates this, but I would appreciate some > insight from others on how they use the notes and events feature. > > Bob > > > > > *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit > http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** > 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 *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** 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
