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
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