Since whatever you add you are adding to the same table in Legacy you are free to interpret what you enter as an Event or a Fact. That is why there are places we use Event/Fact to describe the data.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 14/07/2013 2:03 PM, Leonard Johnson wrote: > I'm wondering why this is called Event/Fact? What exactly is the > difference between an Event and a Fact? When I think of Events I always > think of this connected with a date, while when thinking about a Fact I > don't necessarily connect this with a date. > > An Occupation is something I think of more as belonging to the category > Fact than an Event. An Occupation is something that covers a time span > and not, IMHO, connected to a specific date or it can be just a piece of > information about a person's life without any connection with a date, > therefore a fact. > > Is this the kind of distinction that other have made or are there other > ways of looking at things? If so what are those ways? > > I would like to receive some feedback on this question. Thank you for > your comments. > > Leonard Johnson-Källbom > Team Leader > Swedish Translation Team > legacy8.swed...@gmail.com <mailto:legacy8.swed...@gmail.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
