Mike, The main events I have been entering are also Residence and Occupation, typically from census data but also from interviews. I enter Residence events for Individuals and for Marriages (families). I had to fiddle with the sentence structure on Occupations, but I'm pretty satisfied with it now.
I also use the various Military and Education/Degree events and have set up a couple of my own. These latter are mostly in Notes format. For example, "Comet" -- I saw it the last time it came around, and my grandmother saw it the time before. I have been trying to figure out how best to record medical conditions... events vs. notes. But, since this is only a hobby, I haven't been able to spend much time testing the output. I did catch a recent post here about software available from the Surgeon General and will look into that the next time I have a good chunk of hobby time open! (say, after New Year's??) --Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Christie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:24 AM 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 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
