I added an event named "Notes". That may seem like a duplication of the already existing General Notes but I prefer this approach because I can put the pieces in chronological order with the other events of the person's life. When the information is something I don't want to share with the world, I mark the individual item as private. I have occasionally written something in Word that needed more formating than can be done in Legacy or needed to be shared with someone else but even then I create the Note event and attach the document to it because I want to have everything in one place so I can quickly see what I have and to ensure that I don't lose track of the information.
Linda M. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:05 AM, James Cook <jc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm talking about the tidbits of information handed down in legends, > sent in emails, or flow out of interviews? Things like Grandpa Moses > lived in a river boat on the river, or Great Aunt Sally dated Jesse > James, or whatever. The stuff that puts some life into all the facts > we collect. I've been toying with the idea of a custom event for > this, and I was going with one I wanted to call "Fun Facts", but I've > decided everything is not fun - like a triple killing in my tree. > And, of course, the 'fact' part is questionable. It may be a fact > that this story was often told, but the story itself may not be a > fact. Anyway, I'm looking for some ideas for how to do this. > > In the case of an event, I was thinking I could use an entry format in > the notes section like so > > "When I was a boy, we had rocks to play with, and we liked it!" - > Uncle Joe [Joe Doe 1847-1911] > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
