Kathy, I think the 'Death' to be the 'Event', not the Obit. I'm thinking that is what you may have thought ? I include the Obit with the 'Death Event', as well as the funeral programs, mortuary...
Criticism welcome, Tim R. On 2/21/2011 11:38 AM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > Just my personal process - I would treat an obituary like I do a > census because of the information included in it. I create an event > and add all of the details from it, i.e., I would transcribe the > entire obituary. Then I would use the copy/paste event feature to add > it to everyone else it mentioned. Kathy > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Jerry <jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com > <mailto:jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello everyone. I have a question about the use of obituaries. Would > you ever use an obituary as an event, or would it always be a > source to > events? I have a friend who wants to put information contained on > obituaries on our website, but it seems to me that historical notes, > citing the obituaries as sources, not events, would be better > procedure. What is your take on this? An example might be > something > simple like the obituary stated the person was an accountant. > I'm just > supposing because I haven't seen what she has yet. Thanks, --Jerry > Boor / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org > <http://www.merriamfamilytree.org/> > > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
