Elsie, This has been an intriguing path through some pretty neat logic. Thanks for getting it going. One concern I'm left with is how do you know whether the person was unemployed or whether the occupation was just unknown or not reported? I run into this constantly. Folks I know were farmers, for instance, are not reported as employed on various census reports.
Jim On 1/30/06, Elsie Saar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My problems and my solutions..... > > I enter None for people who do not have an occupation in the census. I > needed a way to generate the sentence > "He was not employed on 6 May 1930." I didn't want to use an alternate > sentence for everyone, thinking there must be an easier way. > Therefore, following Don's suggestion in the event fields I enter: > > eventname = occupation > desc = [[none]] > date = 6 May 1930 > > The sentence structure for when only the desc and date are filled > becomes > > [:IF [Desc] :: [heshe] was employed as [desc] [ondate] :: [heshe] was > not employed [ondate]].[sources][notes] > > I also like to use an event called Relationship where I enter a > person's relationship to either my husband or myself. I use None as a > desc in this event field to let me know the person is not related and > that I have already checked for a relationship. My values read: > > eventname = Relationship > desc = [[none]] > > The sentence structure for when none of the fields are filled in is: > [date]. Since there is no date, no sentence appears. This might not be > kosher, but it works for me. > > Once again, thanks for your help. > > Elsie > > > > > > Legacy User Group 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 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
