I agree that this type of chart/report would be a good addition. I've used my own handwritten system of this sort of thing for years. But I'd like to see it also go further... Something like the Genelines reports, which incorporate historical events as well as family events if desired. Kathi ----- Original Message ----- From: "RBSmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 8:52 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ages - A Great Research Tool - Complete > > Hi Gordon, > > A little late perhaps, but just looked at your site (below). I agree, such a > report would come in very handy and be very informative. > > Perhaps Ken and Co can consider it. > > Regards > Robin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gordon D. > Booth > Sent: Friday, 20 April 2001 4:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Ages - A Great Research Tool - Complete > > > I am very grateful for Legacy's ability to display ages by pressing Ctrll-A > or by selecting the menu items VIEW>AGES. This can be a powerful research > tool, and would be even more powerful if it's scope could be expanded. The > present version of Legacy presents the age of the selected individual for: > > Birth > Christening > Marriage > Death > Burial > > and it also presents the Length of Marriage. > > I often find that I am looking at tentative (but not yet confirmed) > families. In these cases, I often find that by computing and listing the > ages of the individuals at the times of events in their lives (especially > the birth/christening of their children) I am able to see inconsistencies > that would make specific family structures either unlikely or impossible. > > Another use of these ages is to better understand family events such as > moving to a new location, changing occupations, etc. To know the age of > parents and children in a family at the time of a specific event can reveal > a great deal about the "whys" and effects of the event. > > What I propose gets at the very heart of the difference between genealogy > and Family History. While genealogy presents facts regarding individuals and > their relationships, Family History tries to understand the family and the > lives of it's members. I would like to see a "Family History Profile View." > This would produce a view (and report) that would help us to quickly see how > people relate to one another and to events in the family. For instance, a > part of this view might be a simple but revealing table that would show > dates of individuals and family events. I have posted such a table on a web > page at > > http://bootha.com/FHTemp > > Of course there are many other items that could be put into such a > View/Report that would help the family researcher to quickly and easily get > a grasp of a family. Try using the table and looking down columns as well as > across rows. You can learn a great deal quite easily. > > I think such an addition would be another great advantage the Legacy could > have over the other programs. For a person such a myself, who spends a great > deal of time trying to understand what a family's life might have been, this > would be a big help. It would also make it easy to spot individuals who > probably don't belong in a family. > > I'm curious whether other of you would find this type of view/report useful. > > Gordon Booth > > To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
