James, I don't know about any international standards, but what I use for the item that just doesn't fit any category or is definitely a one-off is an event that I titled "Miscellaneous Notes". This event has no description, no date nor any place fields. It only contains Notes and Sources. My use of this event is more of an exception rather than the norm. But it certainly helps out when I have something that doesn't fit elsewhere.
This event also comes in handy when I have a long text like a biography that I want to break into smaller pieces and have sources for each piece. Then when I print out a Descendant Book (a.k.a. Modified Register report) each piece or paragraph can have its own source citation as needed. Anyway, this is just one option. I'm sure that the many members of this list will probably have other options to suggest that will be helpful to you. Cathy-0 ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Cook" <jc1...@gmail.com> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:00 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] ISO ideas for recording history not specifically related to an individual? In one of my lines recently (Willis), I've been working with several sources that each provide sort of an introduction to the family. Something along the lines of: Before 1600, the family was from Warwickshire, England. The castle at Fenny Compton is of particular interest due to the wealth of church records and grave markers that can be found there. Also, the family can be found in the Visitations of Warwick 1619... I'd like to be able to capture these hints/tips/pointers somehow in my database in a way so they do not get lost or forgotten, and when I generate reports or otherwise share my findings they are shared as well. Do you have any tricks for how to something like this? I've considered a stubby individual to attach it to, and just keep making stubby be the oldest ancestor of my line, but wanted to know if there might be other ways to do this. As an aside, the Visitation book(s) can be found electronically via Google, but I can't read/decode them. If anyone could kindly point me to any how-tos or other guides for how to use these books it would be most appreciated. Off-list of course. -- James Cook GED Utils, Ancestry Utils http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
