Mike Fry wrote
I have always thought that the present Events mechanism is too much of
a "one size fits all" model that doesn't apply to all events.
Very true.
It's fine for a census, for example, because they generally only happen
at regular intervals and on an identifiable date. Residence an
Debbie,
I've noticed one potential problem with your solution, namely, that
you don't necessarily know that the person concerned was in that
particular occupation for all the time between those two dates, s/he
may have moved jobs a bit, may have been unemployed for some of the
time, Etc. So, this
Jenny M Benson wrote:
In order to save repetition, I wanted to put some information in as an
Event, but with 2 dates - "31 March 1851 and 4 April 1853", but Legacy
didn't like this.
In this case, I had the birth certificates of a man's 2 children, both
of which gave his occupation as "Laboure
eport.
Cheers,
Jan
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But the OP didn't want to suggest the time between the date
But the OP didn't want to suggest the time between the dates but both
date points.
In one event, I think the only way to do it is to put one date in the notes.
Cathy
At 12:34 AM 7/03/2008, you wrote:
Jenny,
You can/need to use "31 March 1851 - 4 April 1853" in place of "31 March
1851 and 4
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] One Event - 2 Dates
I would add two, because it you were to find another occupation between
the two dates later on, and you add that in as a new one, then it will
just slot between them.
I've
Debbie Freeman wrote
You can/need to use "31 March 1851 - 4 April 1853" in place of "31
March 1851 and 4 April 1853".
But that means "from 31 March 1851 to 4 April 1853" which is a very
different thing to "31 March 1851 and 4 April 1853.".
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Jenny M Benson
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Jenny,
You can/need to use "31 March 1851 - 4 April 1853" in place of "31 March
1851 and 4 April 1853".
Problem should be solved.
Then use your sources to source the occupation and dates
"birth certificates of a man's 2 children, both of which gave his occupation
as "Labourer". There is no pro
I would add two, because it you were to find another occupation between
the two dates later on, and you add that in as a new one, then it will
just slot between them.
I've added loads for one of my grandfathers, many the same. The number
of times I have typed "Sewing Machine Needle Straightner", a
I have had this with one of my ggg uncles being the county tax assessors in
some years but not in others. He was also the sheriff of the county 2
different times). I make each one a different occupation event. However,
that is what you are trying to avoid so that isn't very helpful is it? :)
Jenny,
I don't *think* what you want is possible in the way you describe.
Here's what I've done. My great-grandfather was a policeman with the
Royal Irish Constabulary. I have some citations he received and
details of where he served, so I've just created 4 separate
"Occupation" events for him,
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