Interesting questions. My current approach on census is to put the full composition of the household in the source detail text and use the clipboard to copy the source to each census event. Then, as long as I specify both events and source to print, I get just one full copy of the household for any report. I even have some census events in both individual and marriage (duplication, I know, but still prints just once in the sources). I will be watching for any other thoughts on this matter to see if I want to change my approach. Just my current way.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > ronald ferguson wrote > >> For example, my main interst is in publishing on websites. On these I >> mainly use the Pedigree and Family Group options and both of these will >> publish the Marriage Events in the appropriate pages. >> >> However, If your interest is like to be in printing say, an Individual >> Report then the Marriage Events will not print. >> > > At first I thought the idea of having Marriage Events and entering things > such as holidays etc was a nice idea, and I really see no good reason for > *not* having the option to include them in Individual Reports. After all, > if Mr & Mrs Smith went on holiday together, Mr Smith went on holiday and why > shouldn't that appear on a Report of his life? More importantly, Divorce > could well be considered a "noted event in their marriage" but should > definitely appear in an Individual Report. > > Perhaps someone from Legacy would like to comment on the thinking behind > excluding Marriage Events from Individual Reports? > > Taking a different point of view, though, where do you draw the line? A > couple going on holiday together could be a Marriage Event and could be > entered as such. But what about a family going on holiday? Is that a > Marriage Event? What if they take the grandchildren? Should that be > entered as a Marriage Event and as an individual Event for the > (grand)children? > > Personally, I tend to use Marriage Events only for things which relate very > specifically to the *marriage* rather than generally to the married couple. > So, I consider a second marriage service or Blessing, a honeymoon, a > Divorce to be specifically Marriage Events. > > I have a similar "individual entry" vs "group entry" quandary with > Censuses. Up to now, I have created Census Events for each individual and > entered all the relevant details in the Description field, but only in the > Event Notes for the Head of Household (provided the HoH has an entry in my > family file) do detail the full composition of the household. I put > something like "Other members of the household were his wife X, their > children Y and Z, a Parlourmaid and a Kitchenmaid." For the wife and > children, the Event Notes read "See A" where A is the Head of Household. > > The disadvantage of this system is that I do not get that full overview of > the household in any Reports which do not include the Head of Household - eg > an Individual Report for one of the children. It is for this reason that I > am re-thinking how I enter Census information. > > I've plenty of time for a long re-think while I finish updating lots of my > most-used Sources to the new standard and hope to GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME > when I finally get around to tackling Censuses! > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > > 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
