The idea of having the notes for the vital events within the chronology (instead at the end of the report) has gotten me thinking about applying it to my own family. Before I do anything however, I need some other eyes and thoughts- - - what would be the problems of doing it this way down the line? For example, regarding doing searches.
Here's my thought process: I'm toying with the idea of the event called "Death Data" and then in the notes for that event I could include all the research history like time of death, the informant, and those other more obscure information; the sources (either sourcing them within the body of the notes, or using the footnote sourceing); I could include the alternate dates, places and why one is wrong or why it might be a better, etc. I would be able to explain and source exactly what info I got from the state Death Certificate, or a church record or a Family Bible. Then I could do the same for "Birth Data", "Baptism Data" and "Marriage Data". The resulting individual report would have all that info in a timely order. I would keep the top part of the report for just the vital dates and places to be used as a quick reference. This wouldn't be that hard to change as I could just cut and paste the vital note section into the new event item as that is where I already put all the above discussion Now, everyone's input??? Linda > > > In thinking about what has been mentioned, I realized that you are all > > right, the notes 'hang' in limbo - not good. But, if I have two types of > > information for a death, for example, do I lump them together or create > > two events? Sample: Death Record from Vital Records Death Certificate - > > Digital Copy [shows the usual, cause of death, informants, etc.] > >
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