Hi Sherry and Michele: Leo's question about dates has me thinking, and I'm curious about your answers.
For the example below: Name: Bob Smith Born: December 1, 2013 Father: John Smith Occupation: Farmer Residence: Toronto, Ontario Registered by John Smith / Father Date Registered: December 10, 2013 I can see December 1 as the date of the event itself. But because the event was not registered the same day as the birth, would it not be truer to assume that the Occupation and Residence of the father was probably "as of" December 10, the registration date? Or am I too focused on minutia? Thanks very much, Rob Miller Toronto, ON > From: mich...@legacyfamilytree.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:49:41 -0500 > > 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
