Good Morning Mike, For me, the event's list is terricially helpful. Long before I used Legacy, I would develop time lines for families. It would be great if I did them for all, but I always did them when I was stumped about where to look next to learn what I wanted to know. Reading through all of the letters I've written, documents, census' etc., and creating a time line gave me some ideas about where I might find the piece of missing information. Those timelines were also the basis for informal narratives I'd write about families.
I am so glad that Legacy will do that for me now. I'll still read through everything I've ever found and every place I've ever looked, but it's super to have timelines developed as I enter data. That's just how I use them. You might have a totally different method. Marie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Christie Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Advice on events I would like to get advice on useful ways to use the events in Legacy. It seems possible to enter an almost infinite amount of data as events, but I'm not sure how useful that would be. Censuses will always show up in the source list, for example; marriage, birth and death will show up as dates. Do people find these useful? I would like to get residency and occupation information, but it doesn't seem to naturally fit in an event format, and so I currently enter this free-form in the general notes. For example, an ancestor of mine is listed as a carpenter on every source that gives occupation from 1839 to his death in 1894. I suppose I could enter an event that has no date, but gives "Carpenter 1839-1894" in the description field. Similarly for residences; I know of two or three addresses for this ancestor, but not exactly when he moved. Would you enter a separate "Residence" event for each source and date documenting a residence, or instead enter one for each address, giving a range of dates in the description? Are there any other events that people find useful, and worth the trouble of entering? Thanks Mike Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 12/9/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 12/9/2004 Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
