Exactly Janis... Another example: I add an event Obituary / Biography for a relative and use that same Obituary / Biography as a source for other details that reflect the family or the relative directly. I concur that when I print a report, the Obituary is displayed with the related person, and again in the source information... if I chose to release my sources.
That is what I like about Legacy, you have many choices to the end user, on how you wish to display or record information. All methods are correct - just your personal preference. I used to simply record the census date and place in an event, now I'm going back and including as much data in the census event "notes". I've been told that "my father never used that surname" - but when I show them the birth certificate or military record with that surname spelling, it makes a difference. (g) I had one person deny their parents every had a child name "Mary" for example. Now with the census event notes, I can show them, their parents did in fact have a child that died early in age named Mary. Paul ________________________________ From: Janis L Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:03:18 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Notes VS Events However, Mary Beth, sometimes it is nice to include a biography, as a whole, within a report, for which placement in an event is nice. It would, of course, also be the source for that event. Janis On 12/4/08 9:34 AM, "Mary Figgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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. 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