I am not sure if this is totally relevant to the discussion, but I have found that in some instances it is important to know the occupation of an individual (usually the father) in order to make a clearer identification. I am using very old church records and they quite often list the father's occupation with his surname and not his given name. Therefore you have to know whether it is Shoemaker Smith or Furrier Smith. Another odd thing about these records is that the mother's name is not given but the names of the godparents is.
On 30/04/2013 9:02 AM, Anne Outterson wrote: > Larry - What I would like is the following in Legacy Charting > Under Appearances > box items - to have the option of adding an event > if desired. I have created an event named Occupation1 in which I have > just entered the occupation of an ancestor in the description field. > Most of my ancestors had only one occupation, but if they had more > than one I enter them as joiner/undertaker. I can make this event > private if I am creating a narrative report so it does not show up > there. But I could uncheck private and add this event to a chart if > the option was available, under the dates, formatted as desired. > Family history magazines often show charts with the occupation under a > person's date in their box and you can often see several generations > of a family following the same trade and personally I think this is a > useful addition to a chart. You can also see at a glance if > occupations change in different families around the same time if > looking at an ancestor chart, this helps suggest some social or > economic change occuring at that time. > Another events which could be used in this way if desired is Religion. > I am sure people could think of others. Personally I would probably > only add one event if the option was available, but again other people > may disagree. > I hope this makes sense. > > > 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 -- Bernie H Blog site http://haushornung.weebly.com/ Data site http://www3.telus.net/hornunghouse/ 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
