Not for me. I always exclude everything that is in privacy brackets. If I want some things sometimes but not others I use an event which I can make private when I don't want it. Now I guess you could choose to include or not include event notes but since I haven't entered notes with the thought of not including them, this wouldn't work for me as I have years of data entry.
The thing is to be consistent. I'm consistent in never publishing things I put in privacy brackets (unless of course for research purposes I want a report of some kind for myself). Ron, you're free to not use them in particular fields so that you can choose to include or exclude things in privacy brackets on other grounds. It's just not my way of entering data to consider putting things in privacy brackets that I may want to publish. For me, they're too useful to not use in Name Fields. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: > Sorry Cathy, I can't really agree on this one. I may well make a note in one > of the notes but not in specific fields. > > Wilst I do use privacy brackets, their disadvantage is that you either > publish, or not, all of them. That is to say you cannot exclude one type but > include another. In my view this limits their usefulness. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone > > Cathy Pinner<genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be >> putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who >> haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it >> doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do >> this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which >> Mary is which. >> >> Cathy >> >> Ron Ferguson wrote: >>> Jay, >>> >>> Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. >>> >>> However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you >>> change your mind. >>> >> > Ron Ferguson >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >>> >>> Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone >>> >>> "J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls "<jay_inga...@pipeline.com> wrote: >>> >>> Pat, >>> >>> I often put a note in the given name field, such as "Mary-Not Pat's >>> direct ancestor". Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. >>> >>> I have some I need to work on, Like "John-May be wrong wife", etc. >>> >>> Fortunately, we are no >> t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was >>> in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! >>> >>> Jay 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
