Thanks for responding, Tom. I should have noted that the event sentence definition is: "[HeShe] served in the military [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes]"
Perhaps I should simply remove "in the Military" then from the default so it will read as you describe below? Susan On 7/7/05, Tom Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not say he "served as a private with the United States Army"? You > can word it anyway you like to make it read properly (I may have made a > slight modification to the event default, can't remember). If it is a > Civil War service, and I know the unit, I might record "served as a > sergeant with Company C, Third Louisiana Infantry Regiment, Confederate > Army". Other services and units have similar situations and same type of > wording can be used for any conflict. > > Tom M..... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:45 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field > > > Hello LUG, > I looked through the Archives and scanned the tips but didn't see this > question asked before. I am running Windows ME and the older version 4 > Feb 2005 build. > > I am entering an individual's military service and trying to figure > out how to use the Desciption field so that it reads correctly in a > report. I suppose I can redefine the sentence globally, and I may just > do that, but I thought perhaps I'm not putting the correct item into > the field. I was placing rank and unit in Description, but then it > reads "He served in the Military Private US Army." Very awkward. > > How do you use that field? Have you redefined your sentence structure > for the event? > > Thank you, > Susan 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
