Thanks for the tip. I obviously didn't think that far (haven't gotten as far as exporting anything yet). But how can I then distinguish between 'Had a Godfather' and "Became a godfather"...
As in "The Godfather of Baby was John" and "John became the godfather of Baby"... when you export those two, wouldn't there be a mix up since both use the Godfather field?
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----- Original Message ----
From: C.G. Ouimet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, 14 August, 2006 11:17:36 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Godfather / Godmother event
From: C.G. Ouimet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, 14 August, 2006 11:17:36 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Godfather / Godmother event
I am no GEDCOM expert but ...
I believe Godfather and Godmother are standard GEDCOM tags but
Godchild isn't. Correct?
Technically Godfather/Godmother accomplish the same thing as
Godchild: "His Godfather was so and so" vs "He was a Godchild of so
and so". Both approaches work equally well within Legacy whether the
godparents are in the file or not. However, the use of non standard
Legacy tags will cause issues when the file is exported for use in
another genealogy program.
My 6.5 cents ...
At 2006/08/14 09:23, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have created an event called "Godchild" and added different
>wording for the cases where diff informatio is available: for
>example, "He/She became the godchild of [Desc] [onDate] at [Place]".
>This works also when the godparents are not in the family tree (ie
>friends of the family, i'm not interested in).
>
>nina
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Richard Van Wasshnova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
>Sent: Saturday, 12 August, 2006 5:48:13 PM
>Subject: [LegacyUG] Godfather / Godmother event
>
>In PAF I mostly kept an Individual's Godfather / Godmother under baptism
>notes and occasionally showed a person acting as Godfather / Godmother in
>misc notes.
>
>Since switching to Legacy I use Godfather / Godmother event for both the
>baptizee and (acted as) Godfather / Godmother (for). Is this OK? How do
>others use this? I presently differentiate the 2 ways in "Description" with
>"was: John or Jane Doe" for the baptizee and "for: Joe Doe" (Joe Doe is
>baptizee).What would loo k right in reports?
>
>It almost seems to me that my baptism was an event in my life but MY
>Godparents participated in that event. If I act as Godfather for someone it
>is an event in my life.
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>=================
>Richard Van Wasshnova
>Seal Beach, CA
>
>
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I believe Godfather and Godmother are standard GEDCOM tags but
Godchild isn't. Correct?
Technically Godfather/Godmother accomplish the same thing as
Godchild: "His Godfather was so and so" vs "He was a Godchild of so
and so". Both approaches work equally well within Legacy whether the
godparents are in the file or not. However, the use of non standard
Legacy tags will cause issues when the file is exported for use in
another genealogy program.
My 6.5 cents ...
At 2006/08/14 09:23, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have created an event called "Godchild" and added different
>wording for the cases where diff informatio is available: for
>example, "He/She became the godchild of [Desc] [onDate] at [Place]".
>This works also when the godparents are not in the family tree (ie
>friends of the family, i'm not interested in).
>
>nina
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Richard Van Wasshnova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
>Sent: Saturday, 12 August, 2006 5:48:13 PM
>Subject: [LegacyUG] Godfather / Godmother event
>
>In PAF I mostly kept an Individual's Godfather / Godmother under baptism
>notes and occasionally showed a person acting as Godfather / Godmother in
>misc notes.
>
>Since switching to Legacy I use Godfather / Godmother event for both the
>baptizee and (acted as) Godfather / Godmother (for). Is this OK? How do
>others use this? I presently differentiate the 2 ways in "Description" with
>"was: John or Jane Doe" for the baptizee and "for: Joe Doe" (Joe Doe is
>baptizee).What would loo k right in reports?
>
>It almost seems to me that my baptism was an event in my life but MY
>Godparents participated in that event. If I act as Godfather for someone it
>is an event in my life.
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>=================
>Richard Van Wasshnova
>Seal Beach, CA
>
>
>
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