Jan, Margaret's suggestion is a good one - enter some individuals and some information in different places, then try out the different report options and decide where you want the information to appear. I have now been using Legacy for about six months and have settled on entering the information only once and using the birth-baptism-death-buried-marriage notes for those items, the general notes for personality and family stories about the individual, and the events for other things which don't fit those categories (religion, occupation, education, residence, a census summary - with actual census information in the sources, and a will/probate summary - with actual will going in the sources, as well, employment, property/land, hobbies, travel, naturalization/citizenship). I try to write statements in all of my notes and events which are "stories" of the person and which will serve as a family history, if I choose to print the notes, or a simple genealogy, if I choose not to print the notes. And everything is backed up with sources - often many for each item. Good luck - Legacy is a terrific program!!! Kathi ** Using Legacy, THE genealogy program! ** To download the Legacy 3.0 free version, click here: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=13MBFAP ----- Original Message ----- From: "jan stitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] NOTES-event or icon? > I recently got Legacy 3.0 and haven't used any family history software berfore. Could someone tell me where the best place is to enter my notes on events? There seem to be 2 places to enter notes. On the > Individual's Information page after filling in the birth date and place, I also entered this same information in "events" on the bottom of this page. > I wanted to add some notes to this and there was a place labeled "notes" on the > "Add Event" page. I entered the information there. > > The other place to add notes on the Individual's Information page is to the right of the last name and is found by clicking on the notes icon. What should I put there if I have my notes under "events"? > > I am having the same problem in knowing where to put my notes on marriages. > Should I enter them in the Event area or should I enter them above where > the icon for marriage notes is? > > When I print out a report or book, will these notes print out in different places depending on which of the 2 places I entered my notes? > > I hope someone can help me on this because which ever place I chose for notes, > I want to be consistent throughout. I feel stuck in knowing where to enter > my notes right now. Thank you for suggestions on which place you put your > notes too and why. > > Jan Stitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
