Thanks for sharing; I like this idea! I've also wished for a 'general' or 'miscellaneous' area for uploading pictures, preferably more than one at a time. That makes me think about creating an 'event' called "jones family pictures" and attaching them there and then copy that event to the jones family. Hmmm. I'll have to ponder that one.
Kathy On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Cathy-0 <chorn0...@optimum.net> wrote: > 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<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > -- Kathy Meyer Technology is both blessing and curse, depending on what it's doing for you (or to you) on any particular day. 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
