RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-04-08 Thread Jan Roberts
involved [couplenames] and / or their children: Cheers Jan From: sarlesinsi...@gmail.com [mailto:sarlesinsi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2011 1:52 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file I am speaking of scanned letters. Each letter gives

RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-03-31 Thread Ron Ferguson
No link to all those it is relevant -Original Message- From: sarlesinsi...@gmail.com Sent: 30 March 2011 00:06 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file So...if you have a letter that has information about several siblings, you put it as a

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-03-30 Thread James Cook
I'll vote for this. As has been said many times before, I think a more useful way to 'fix' this is to allow Event Details to be either shared or duplicated when assigning to multiple individuals/marriages. Legacy already offers this in some areas, such as the the Event Master List. If you edit a

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-03-30 Thread sarlesinsight
This is what I am thinking too. I can't see the letters as a marriage event for the father, who was long dead before they were written and isn't mentioned or referred to at all. I just think we need a more general category for stuff that pertains to the family in general. I guess I think in pretty

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-03-30 Thread John Carter
I would make the letters Master Sources, identified by the writer "Letter from Sarah Smith, 27 August 1932" and attach that Master Source to each person mentioned in the letter. In the Detail portion for each person, I would enter the text that applied to them. You have immediate access to the in

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-03-30 Thread sarlesinsight
I am speaking of scanned letters. Each letter gives information about a number of people in the family. I wish there was some sort of general category where we could put information and material that pertains to the family as a whole, rather than having to always assign to one family member. I gues

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Placement of file

2011-03-29 Thread sarlesinsight
So...if you have a letter that has information about several siblings, you put it as a source for only one? Jane On Mar 29, 2011 5:39pm, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Jane, > For clarity, Legacy does not put the image in anyone's file when it is > attached to multiple individuals, it only add