If I understand correctly, you want an "events"
searchable database? I assume that you want
to be able to see all individuals associated with
a single event. Also I assume you want an efficient
and quick data entry of multiple individuals to
a single event.
There is a "Repeat" button in the Edit Event window.
(It says "Repeat Field Contents From Last Record".)
That might make data entry quicker for multiple
individuals associated to a common event.
I have no idea how other genealogy programs
show in a single window all persons linked to
an event or how they make multiple data entry
efficient.
To add this to Legacy would seem
to require a major programming effort.
IMHO
JimS
Gordon Small wrote:
Charlie, I think many will agree with you that "witness" may not be the
correct term but on the other hand witness IS the term that a lot of
genealogists use for the situation as described by Ron. I'm relatively new
to this stuff so I kinda go with the flow most of the time. One of the
things some people have been asking for is a way to tie multiple individuals
to a common event. I've seen it described as a "list of a master events"
that would be like the list of master sources. That way you could assign
multiple individuals to an event instead of having to repeat the event for
every person.
For instance I have 15 family members listed in one Census. In order to
document this as an "event" I have to repeat all the documentation 15 times.
Having to do this for hundreds of census' gets very time consuming.
I too thought V6 would address this problem but I also respect the fact that
programming the function could be difficult.
Am I going to quit using Legacy. No... I still think Legacy is a great
program and the Legacy staff ARE very helpful and responsive to the
customers. And, like someone else said. "Not every program is going to do
everything everybody "wants."
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Donaghe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 7:30 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] witnesses
Sorry Ron,
But to my way of thinking that is NOT a witness. A witness is someone who
has witnessed an event, such as a marriage, death, birth, etc. Now if you
have proof that all those people were at home when the census taker was
there all well and good, but if not then they were not witness.
You are carping about wanting to change a well established word to fit
something that is actually an event that can be linked to multiply persons
which Legacy already does.
Just my $0.02 worth this AM,
Charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron
Bernier
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] witnesses
In this case the term witness doesn't mean that they were actually present
when the census was taken. They were participants in the census in that
they were listed as part of the household. As a "witness", you would link
them to the census event with their appropriate role.
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