What is an event. Sometime that occurs at a specific time and place to certain people. It does not need to be an 'Event', just an occurrence. A census' event is the visit of the census taker, and his/her record keeping. An event does not need a party attached. That is capitalized Event. Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 11/24/10, Jean Suplick <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jean Suplick <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Usage model for Legacy events > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 6:11 AM > Hello all, > > Many of you Legacy power users will probably roll your eyes > at this > question, but please be patient with me. I actually have > looked at the > Help file and done several searches of the archives, but > I'm still not > getting the info I'm looking for. And I've been out to the > Legacy > support site. > > 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. > > Regarding documentation-related events like "User Story" or > "Census", > what's the advantage of doing things that way as opposed to > creating a > master source, creating a citation based on that source, > and attaching > it to a non-documentation event or, as a parking lot for > an > individual, to the unspecified event? Then you could put > the story in > the Notes section of the detail and attach a file, etc. I'm > just not > deep enough yet into Legacy to see what benefits one > approach gives me > over the other. > > Lastly, what other ways do people generally use Legacy > events besides > the two above? And most important, *why*? > > Thanks, > Jean Suplick > > > > 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
