Re: [LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions
Alan: You basically can do whatever you want depending on the information you have available. Many times you only have a Census date to define the Resident event in which you would only use one date. If you have the beginning and ending dates of a resident event, then you should probably use them or at least put them in the notes for the event. Here is an example that I use for myself: Event: Residence Description: 1234 Main Street Date:1 Oct 2004-1 Jul 2005 Place: Somewhere, Good Co, WY, USA I also do the same for Occupation events. If you have the beginning and ending dates, I would certainly document them either in the Date field of the event or the Event Notes field. Hope this helps. Chap On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Alan Jones a...@ajsquared.us wrote: Good question, based on my reading and going though some of the Legacy training Videos it looked doing a Between and entering two dates for the type of information I was referring to was not a good practice. Even looking at the sample database the Residence entries have a single date. Did Asa Clark Brown just live at those 5 residences listed one day each :) No date range for his residences either :) Not trying to be rude just trying to learn. thanks for the fast response. Alan JLB wrote: Is there anything wrong with putting the date range in the Date field? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Alan Jones wrote: I had a few event questions that I could not find the answers to in searching the Legacy email list. 1. What do others do in Legacy for events over a date range? I am not referring to an event when you don't know exactly when it happened but you know it happened between x and y. I am thinking of examples of like Residence: July 1, 1950 - September 4, 1959 etc. I don't like just entering a starting or ending date of a residence. Especially if the previous or subsequence residence may not start right before or after the other one. i.e The next residence known could start at January 4, 1960. So there are several months in between where residence is not known. Other examples of this might be Education, Employment, Military Service, etc... 2. On a related note does anyone know where I could find a good description of the intent of some of the events that come by default in Legacy or what other suggested events people sometimes add? Any good web sites? thanks for your help. Alan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions
I had a few event questions that I could not find the answers to in searching the Legacy email list. 1. What do others do in Legacy for events over a date range? I am not referring to an event when you don't know exactly when it happened but you know it happened between x and y. I am thinking of examples of like Residence: July 1, 1950 - September 4, 1959 etc. I don't like just entering a starting or ending date of a residence. Especially if the previous or subsequence residence may not start right before or after the other one. i.e The next residence known could start at January 4, 1960. So there are several months in between where residence is not known. Other examples of this might be Education, Employment, Military Service, etc... 2. On a related note does anyone know where I could find a good description of the intent of some of the events that come by default in Legacy or what other suggested events people sometimes add? Any good web sites? thanks for your help. Alan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions
Is there anything wrong with putting the date range in the Date field? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Alan Jones wrote: I had a few event questions that I could not find the answers to in searching the Legacy email list. 1. What do others do in Legacy for events over a date range? I am not referring to an event when you don't know exactly when it happened but you know it happened between x and y. I am thinking of examples of like Residence: July 1, 1950 - September 4, 1959 etc. I don't like just entering a starting or ending date of a residence. Especially if the previous or subsequence residence may not start right before or after the other one. i.e The next residence known could start at January 4, 1960. So there are several months in between where residence is not known. Other examples of this might be Education, Employment, Military Service, etc... 2. On a related note does anyone know where I could find a good description of the intent of some of the events that come by default in Legacy or what other suggested events people sometimes add? Any good web sites? thanks for your help. Alan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions
Good question, based on my reading and going though some of the Legacy training Videos it looked doing a Between and entering two dates for the type of information I was referring to was not a good practice. Even looking at the sample database the Residence entries have a single date. Did Asa Clark Brown just live at those 5 residences listed one day each :) No date range for his residences either :) Not trying to be rude just trying to learn. thanks for the fast response. Alan JLB wrote: Is there anything wrong with putting the date range in the Date field? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Alan Jones wrote: I had a few event questions that I could not find the answers to in searching the Legacy email list. 1. What do others do in Legacy for events over a date range? I am not referring to an event when you don't know exactly when it happened but you know it happened between x and y. I am thinking of examples of like Residence: July 1, 1950 - September 4, 1959 etc. I don't like just entering a starting or ending date of a residence. Especially if the previous or subsequence residence may not start right before or after the other one. i.e The next residence known could start at January 4, 1960. So there are several months in between where residence is not known. Other examples of this might be Education, Employment, Military Service, etc... 2. On a related note does anyone know where I could find a good description of the intent of some of the events that come by default in Legacy or what other suggested events people sometimes add? Any good web sites? thanks for your help. Alan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions
If the training videos say a date range is a bad practice, surely they suggested a good practice? Or maybe you're supposed to put the end dates in the Notes section? I was doing some passenger lists the other day, and putting the landing date in the date field and then putting into Notes the name of the ship sailing from where on such and such a date. I have, though, put a range of dates in the Date field for military service and I'm sure other things. Some people are very particular about how they want things printed out in reports but I don't worry about it too much. Obviously, I don't know what 'correct' is in this instance. Maybe somebody wrote an official book on it. ;-) - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Alan Jones wrote: Good question, based on my reading and going though some of the Legacy training Videos it looked doing a Between and entering two dates for the type of information I was referring to was not a good practice. Even looking at the sample database the Residence entries have a single date. Did Asa Clark Brown just live at those 5 residences listed one day each :) No date range for his residences either :) Not trying to be rude just trying to learn. thanks for the fast response. Alan JLB wrote: Is there anything wrong with putting the date range in the Date field? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions
Alan, Using Between is a perfectly valid date. Rather than using the Help Files, in this case see OptionsCustomiseDates to set as you wish. Ron Ferguson _ Now completely revised http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 22:01:57 -0600 From: a...@ajsquared.us To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Date Range for an Event and General Event Questions I had a few event questions that I could not find the answers to in searching the Legacy email list. 1. What do others do in Legacy for events over a date range? I am not referring to an event when you don't know exactly when it happened but you know it happened between x and y. I am thinking of examples of like Residence: July 1, 1950 - September 4, 1959 etc. I don't like just entering a starting or ending date of a residence. Especially if the previous or subsequence residence may not start right before or after the other one. i.e The next residence known could start at January 4, 1960. So there are several months in between where residence is not known. Other examples of this might be Education, Employment, Military Service, etc... 2. On a related note does anyone know where I could find a good description of the intent of some of the events that come by default in Legacy or what other suggested events people sometimes add? Any good web sites? thanks for your help. Alan _ Live Search presents Big Snap II - win John Lewis vouchers http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/117442309/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
