I agree with the comments of JLB, I see little point in reinventing the wheel, indeed, I can see it causing much consfusion in the future. I repeat, the defaults are best for BMDs.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ JLB wrote: > It's not so much a matter of 'entering BMD records' as it is entering > the data found therein and then using the BMD's as source documents. > And the 'list of many sources' I think you're talking about is not an > issue although I agree it's 'bothersome' to scroll through looking for > anything since it has no built-in search function. I have a list of > about 1100 sources and it's a virtual nightmare. That's NOT where your > BMD records go as I explained in previous email. It's Source Detail > for particular individuals that are referred to in each BMD record. > So, there's no difference in the time it takes to be able to see it > compared to putting it under an Event. > > I believe the 'standard' way of doing this is to enter birth, > christening, death and burial info in the default fields made > available to you. Although there are probably some dissenters. And, > as I recall from past threads, there, in fact, are and some of them > may show up soon and explain themselves. > ----- > JL > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog > > > On 5/19/2010 8:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> My point was, >> To find a source document,if I create an event for birth,in the event >> field,I just click on the event "birth" and it opens the edit event >> screen then I click the source icon an it opens the assigned >> sources,highlighting the birth entry and birth cert. >> If I don't create an event "birth", to find the record,I need to hit >> the source icon and scroll/look for the birth record,in a list of >> many sources this can be bothersome. >> Don't think it really matters in nano-seconds,but I was wondering how >> others enter their BMD records,If there's a standard way to do this. >> Thank you, >> Brian Lehman 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
