Rick Merrill wrote >I am rather new to Legacy so I have a question about Event >Descriptions. In the training video by Legacy, Geoff explains how to >use Events, but in the two examples he enters the Event Definition and >leaves the Description blank. And the help file gives no real clue or >example of what kind of information you would put in that field. Could >ya'll give me some examples of what you put in there? Like for a >Census event it would seem redundent to but census, or the place or >date beacuse they are listed in other fields. So what would you put there?
I tend to take things very literally, so what I put in Event Description is usually exactly that, a description of the Event which took place. Don't forget that Events might also be Facts, so then I'd enter the actual fact. You mention Census, so here is an example from my file of an Event Description for a Census: "John Nosworthy; head of household; married; aged 60; born in Llandulas, Denbighshire; Wine & Spirit Merchant." In the case of a Census, in the Notes I list the other members of the household. One other example of an Event Description, this one for a Witness event: "the Marriage of her sister Eliza Courtney Russ to Charles Malcolm Magill." The full sentence would read "Witness: On 05 October 1880 he was a witness to the marriage of his sister Eliza Courtney Russ to Charles Malcolm Magill at Holy Trinity Church, Clapham, Surrey, England." For a fact-type Event such as Occupation, the Description would be the person's Trade or Profession. For Physical Description it would be something like "5'9" tall, with a very fresh complexion, brown hair and grey eyes." -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
