It seems to be that the biography would be neither note nor event but a source. It is what is within the biography that would go into an event or note. I would put most of the information in as an event. Notes I use for information I'm not sure about or general information about a person. I note the source use name and/or file id of the source and then the note.
I would put the 1860 census as an event. As someone mentioned in another thread I would use the type of event as Census, use the census itself as a source and make any notes in the event note field. Mary Beth Figgins leo macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bob, when I locate information on a person that is just general information like the places where the person has lived, where they worked, I will place it in the person's notes. General information about their birth, like time of birth, weight, etc., I add this to the birth notes. General information about their baptism, like baptized at their parents home.., I add this to the baptism notes. The same for death and burial information. When I locate something like a biography, 50th. anniversary,birth announcement, etc., that are located in books or newspapers, I add these as events. Using the biography as an example, I would call the event a Biography, in the description I would enter the location where it was found, in the date I would enter the date it was written or published,the place would be where it written or published. I would then scan the article and attach the scan as a picture, then I would either transcribe the article into the event notes section or when possible I will just copy and paste the article into the notes section of the event. As well I have learned the hard way to always add the source of the new information to each location that I enter new information into. Just about everyone will enter things a little differently, remember that you are creating your family tree, experiment with several methods until you locate the one that works best for you. Leo > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:04:37 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > 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 *** 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
