I don't do this myself, but another option you could consider is to restructure most of your Event sentences so they only contain Notes and Sources, although personally I believe a date filed would be most desirable as it will sort the events by date. My biggest 'con' re the use of freeform Notes only would be that if you later discover something that happened between two other dates you would have to search to find where to insert the new information.
If you were to structure your Event Sentences Definitions along the lines of: Tick Show a Date Field. Leave all Sentence Definitions empty (delete what is currently there) - except the one which says 'If all Fields filled' and in that box type replace what is there with [Notes] [Sources]. You could also put the same definition in the one that says 'If Desc. Date and Place are empty', so that if you didn't actually have a date it wouldn't matter. However, if you wanted just one Event Sentence to cover all types of 'events / facts / notes' you would have to create a new Event. To do this click on Add Event (for any individual) then click on the little blue arrow next to the Even box (top of the next screen that appears), then click on the Add button (third down, right hand side of the Master Event Definition box that appears). Give it a name that begins with AA so it always appears at the top of the Event list when you want to use it - otherwise you've got to scroll down to find it, then make the above changes to the Sentence Definitions. Cheers, Jan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurel Feal Sent: Monday, 13 October 2008 6:25:AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events Usage I also prefer using events. I actually do not use notes at all. I found that notes do not print on several of the reports I like to use and when they printed they often showed up in stranges places in the report. With events, everything prints in order, with sources, with pictures, and I always use my own wording (at least in the reports I use). This also saved me from trying to decide if something should be considered an event, or should be included in notes. I like everything to show in my reports and it annoyed me that certain reports did not allow the inclusion of notes (why bother entering them if you can't see them in a report) so I moved totally away from them and kept it simple: events only. Experiement with the different reports and see what you like in the end results. I played around for a long time before deciding on a course of action and I've been happy with the results. You may like using notes for different reasons. Laurel ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events Usage Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:12:28 -0500 Hi Jessica, Before using Legacy, I used an event driven genealogy program so I'm comfortable creating and using events. Even though I did at first place some items in the general notes, I've since begun replacing all my note content with events. For general notes, I just created an event called Note. For most things, I like to use specific event names, such as the obituary event. Most events I've changed the sentence wording to be [notes][sources] as I prefer to write out what I want to say. A few, such as a census or an obituary, I begin with a canned sentence, depending on what fields I fill in. Bear in mind, I do not wish to take my material into a word processor. I want my reports to read as well as they can, straight from the program and I like to include photos in my reports. These are my personal considerations. Three things that come to mind are the fact you can easily shift the events in the timeline, you can attach a photo to each event and have it included in the reports and you can easily source each event. I'm sure other Legacy users will chime in with favorite ways of handling things. It's nice to have choices and you're wise to ask for idea's before you get too far into your family history. I've picked up so many helpful ideas from other users over the years and know how helpful various suggestions can be. Good luck with your family history projects. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica Morgan To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:10 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events Usage I searched the archives and didn't find quite what I'm looking for. If this has previously been discussed, forgive me. (I've been on the LUG for two or three years and don't recall it, but that doesn't mean much.) I've been working the last year or two on maternal family, from previously published books, and have utilized the notes section quite heavily. I started using notes when I began using Legacy, and have just continued to do so for no real reason other than habit. Now I've obtained a volume on my paternal family, and while working with it the last few days, I've wondered about the use of events instead of notes. My goal is to publish updates to these books, at some point, hopefully. But for now all I want is to be able to maximize reporting types, esthetics of data, and minimize editing needed when I get to that point. (And no, I won't be aiming for that perfectly written and sourced volume for archival/family history group quality.) Back to my original question and delima.... Notes vs. Events......can we please politely discuss the pros and cons of each? Or, are there any of you out there that utilize both, for varying reasons, and can you please elaborate as to your method and reasoning? And as an extra, I've suggested to Legacy via the suggestions link on the home page, two additional notes tabs, one for education, and one for military service. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 on a Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop, Legacy V 7.0.0.55. Thanks, Jessica Morgan Researching families of Morgan, Basinger, Allen, Teague, Lockey, Ratcliff, Ratcliffe, Kaylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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/[email protected]/ 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/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
