I agree with Sherry. I do the same thing with obituaries. I add residence events for the listed surviving family members but I use the date of death, not the day the obituary came out.
Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 12:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates I would use the date of the event, not the date it was registered. You can enter the date it was registered in the Source Detail, depending on the format you're using. It could be entered in the Text filed under the Text/Comments tab. The only time you would use a registration date is if you don't have the actual date of the event, in which case you'd enter "bef 3 Dec" Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, lio . <likeitouts...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Re-doing my database, has shown me many areas that I may have done improperly > the first time. > > If if a birth occurred December 1, but was registered December 3, which date > do you use when recording occupations, residences, and other side information > found on the document? > > Most likely people did not change jobs, or move in those few days between, > but i'm sure some did. > > I used to use the event date, i.e. December 1, but now I wonder if I should > have used the registration date of December 3. > > Sorry, I know this is not really a legacy question, except that I want to > input the information properly into my legacy file. > > Leo 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
