Why can’t you just add notes to the event itself? If you want to add something that you think will make the information clearer you can always put it in brackets [ ] to show that what is in the brackets is information that you have added and not part of the event itself.
Here are a couple of simple examples, This is an entry I have for the 1820 census in Perry Co, MS for Silas Simmons Silas Simmons 1 free white male under age 10 [William] 1 free white male age 16 to under 26 [Silas] 1 free white female under age 10 [Elizabeth] 1 free age 16 to under 26 [Janet] I added WHO each person was because I knew but it wasn't on the census record itself. Here is one for a Cemetery entry Marker reads: Simmons [2 infant slabs, no other information, buried in same plot as Arthur A. Simmons and Mattie S. Dickson] I am implying that the two infants belong to Arthur and Mattie and it explains why I think that even though there is nothing on the marker to say so. Michele Simmons Lewis From: Marg Strong [mailto:tiny...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:13 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Notes in Events field? I am still trying to find the best way to enter my own notes in relation to events. I can put them in comments under the actual text of the detail. But will they get lost there when I am trying to print out a report that will be the easiest to put into narrative form. As the information grows more sparse it isn't a problem, but with more immediate family, there are a lot of things to enter. If I put them all in the "notes" field" they aren't connected with the event. I know this is probably a no brainer for those who are more familiar with the program, but is entering my stories and comments about the event into the source citation, the best way to do this? I wish there was a note field for the events. 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
