On 23/06/2012 03:46, GeoPappas wrote: > A wedding in the U.S. is normally composed of a ceremony and reception > and many times they are located in two different places. > > How do people normally enter that into the software? > > Do people just enter these as two separate marriage events (along with > locations and addresses)? Or do people enter them as one marriage event > and just add notes for the details? Or do people enter them in a note > to the marriage without any events? Or do people do something entirely > different? > > I ask because I notice that there are no "Marriage Ceremony" or > "Marriage Reception" default event types and was wondering if there was > a standard way of doing this.
I don't suppose there is a standard way. I put it in the Marriage Notes: "A & B were married by Rev X. Witnesses were Y and Z. The ceremony was followed by a Reception at Place, attended by 150 guests" -- Jenny M Benson 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
