Hi Jean, Back in the day when I used PAF, I recorded all of the facts & sources in the notes section and did it chronologically. With Legacy, I am able to do the same thing only now I'm using the events. When I open up the individual record, I can see the events in chronological order. (I bought the program primarily for this). Like Mike said above, census is an event that records on the census date, the location of where your ancestor lived, just like a city directory or a voter registration does. I include these in events as well.
Lisa Gorrell Martinez, CA On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010/11/24 16:11, Jean Suplick wrote: > > > I understand the mechanics of using events. And I understand the basic > > "use case" whereby you record specifics (date, location) for major > > events like births, deaths, burials, etc., and you associate > > citations, files, notes, etc. All that makes sense to me. I even get > > why you might record Occupation or Religion. > > > > What I don't understand is the general context for adding an event > > called "User Story" or "Census" or similar as suggested in various > > email threads. To me these are not events, but are sources. I'm > > surmizing there's a benefit to using Legacy in this way, and I'd like > > to weigh that usage model as I start to embrace Legacy more fully. > > First of all, I'd question your idea that "Census" is not an event. A > Census > takes place at a specific time and records specific details such as a > location. > The resulting documents produced by the Census process are probably > Sources, but > the Census that produced them was an Event in someone's life. > > I've always maintained that the term "Events" is a misnomer. "Facts" would > be a > better word to use. To me, an Event has a time and a place, which is what > basic > data entry part of an "Event" is all about. Even with the "standard" events > as > supplied out-of-the-box, there is no requirement that a date and place is > always > entered, and the wording for these "Events" adjusts as necessary to take > account > of the missing fields. You can even substitute your own, "standard" wording > for > the standard Events. > > Also, it is possible to define your own "Events" and these need not > necessarily > require the entry of a date or a place. In which case, they become a simple > descriptive mechanism for adding facts to the persons history. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > 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 > > > > 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
