That is very nice. Geoff should do a mini webinars on how to do this. Sent from my iPad
> On May 22, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Rune Mattsson <rune.matts...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An example from "the real life" where I have used shared events: > > > > People involved: My grandfather Wictor, his brother Alfred, a man named > Albert, his brother Karl and another man, Martin, all from the same > municipality in Finland. > > > > 1900: Alfred emigrated and settled in New York. > > 1911 immigrated Karl and his brother Albert, they stated Alfred as a friend > in NY. > > The brothers returned after a short time in Finland but in 1916 they were > back in Ellis Island, and this time continued Karl to Canada where he settled > but Albert returned back to Finland. > > In 1925 it was time again; Albert, grandfather Wictor and another man, Martin > immigrated to Karl in Canada. > > Wictor, Albert and Martin worked with Karl some years but returned then to > Finland and what I heard was they were then quite wealthy. > > Karl stayed in Canada, my grandfather Wictor met for his first time my mother > (she was born after he left Finland), Martin bought a farm close to Wictor > and Albert married Wictor´s sister. > > > > And Alfred who started it lived in NY where he died during the building of > Empire States Building. > > > 2015-05-22 16:30 GMT+02:00 Nancy <wheat...@hotmail.com>: >> Good idea. I never thought of using it for unrelated people. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On May 22, 2015, at 2:05 AM, Rune Mattsson <rune.matts...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> i agree with Pat, shared events are very useful, much better than copy. >>> >>> With shared events you can connect people who are not otherwise related >>> >>> Example: >>> >>> i have a lot of immigrants, they often arrive in groups, they indicate a >>> relative in the country they came from, and a friend in the United States >>> and with shared events i can group them all together into an events with >>> different roles. >>> >>> >>> >>> As I understand, The GedCom standard only specifies relationships within >>> families, but Legacy is based on a relational database (Access) where you >>> can create additional relationships. >>> >>> >>> >>> But it is a pity that Legacy when exporting to GedCom doesn’t split up the >>> shared event on the persons concerned >>> >>> /Rune >>> >>> >>> 2015-05-22 5:07 GMT+02:00 Nancy <wheat...@hotmail.com>: >>>> Interesting little man by your signature. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> > On May 21, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Leon Chapman <chap...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > You have the option to not use shared events in Legacy. >>>> > >>>> > Chap >>>> > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Sent from my iPad >>>> > Leon Chapman >>>> > chap...@gmail.com >>>> > <emoji_u26f3.png> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >> On May 21, 2015, at 1:39 PM, "pcord...@gmail.com" <pcord...@gmail.com> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> So, I love shared events because it's such a timesaver in Legacy. >>>> >> However, none of these shared events can be shared with Family Search >>>> >> family tree! 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