The scheme below would be good except for the fact that we generally want to be able to produce alphabetical lists of occupations and that type of thing. But it seems that it would be possible to consolidate all the Cordwainers into a single item and just list the different dates in the adjacent note section? Multiple dates don't work for sorting, I guess, if used in the date field.
Jerry On 12/17/2014 12:05 PM, Brooke Eastburn wrote: > Would it be possible to put the info this way: > > 1823-1875 Shoemaker, cordwainer, labourer, cow keeper, rag dealer, > greengrocer > > This would give all the info but not be specific to what years he held these > jobs. At least all the info would be listed. Or is the field limited to > fewer spaces? > > > > >> On Dec 17, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Alan Pereira <alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Family Tree Maker 2005 used to handle this on charting by allowing you to >> select a Preferred Occupation (similar to the way legacy allows you to >> select a preferred marriage). FTM2005 then allowed you to select only the >> preferred Occupation for display. >> Maybe an option for a legacy enhancement? >> >> Alan Pereira >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] >> Sent: 16 December 2014 20:38 >> To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree >> >> On 16/12/2014 20:19, carogene wrote: >>> I add occupations after the marriage place, only for tree printing >>> purposes. It can be far more interesting to see a pattern emerge, or not. >>> Looking forward to Legacy dealing with this one, it would be a popular >>> addition I think. >> The big problem must be that Occupation is not a single fixed fact like >> Birthdate/place or Baptism Date/Place but could be a recurrent Event. >> Many people have 2, 3 or more occupations in their lifetime. I record each >> instance of a person's occupation that I see recorded. For one of my >> ancestors this results in: >> >> 1823 Shoemaker >> 1825 Cordwainer >> 1826 Cordwainer >> 1828 Corwainer >> 1830 Labourer >> 1832 Labourer >> 1834 Cordwainer >> 1836 Cordwainer >> 1838 Cordwainer >> 1840 Cow Keeper >> 1841 Rag Dealer >> 1847 Cordwainer >> 1851 Cordwainer >> 1861 Cordwainer >> 1871 Greengrocer >> 1875 Greengrocer >> -- >> Jenny M Benson >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> > > > > 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 > > 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