But you can use the Event Clipboard to copy events, which is a lot easier than copying and pasting the text. Use the icons at the bottom roght of the Event window.
Links to one event from multiple people would be way better, though. Rob On 6/26/05, M Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a great idea - I used to use DOS based Pedigree which allowed me > to create just such events with multiple connections. Currently, when > entering census and similar records I do the following - not ideal, but > at least the printouts are more readable and considerably shorter! > > Determine the primary individual in the census record - for me that is > usually the direct relation, or if more than one person in the household > qualifies - the head, and enter the full census details for the > household as an event named 1841 (or whatever) Census. Using the > Clipboard for Events I then add the event to each of the other > individuals, but remove all the entries for persons other than > themselves and add something like - "With parents and siblings" "With > wife and four children". > This procedure doesn't let me see at a glance who is there - if I made a > separate source for every single census reference it would, but that is > too unwieldy for me. However it does let me see - on individual and > family group sheet reports - which census details I have located for the > individuals in question. It also appears neatly on the Individuals > Information Screen > > Hope this helps > > Marlene Williamson > Otorohanga New Zealand > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy > Howard > Sent: Sunday, 26 June 2005 1:50 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Events common to multiple people > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to this group, having discovered its existence only this week, > and have been using Legacy > 5.0 for about six months now. > > I was wondering if it is possible to have one event with several people > linked to it? I suspect > not, but it doesn't hurt to ask. :-) > > The situation I'm thinking of at the moment is the emigration of my > great-great-grandparents and > their three children from England to New Zealand. Add in another child > that was born on the voyage, > and there are six people all together who experienced this event. :-) > > Up until now, I've been creating a separate event for each person, and > then copying the text from > one event for one person, to a new event for the next person involved, > and so on. This is what I've > been doing for UK census records so far. > > But, is it possible to do it another way so that I can see at a glance > who was involved in a > particular event, without naming each of them in the event's details? > > Looking forward to your replies. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy Howard > Kaiwaka, New Zealand > > > 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 > 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
