Now I have to chip in. Without the censuses displaying in order on the Individual Information pages how can I easily see which I have and which I don't. After being entered as Events they can be (or not be) sourced as desired.
Randy On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Marc Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I would have to disagree with the Census being an event. It is a document. > The census is a tool the government uses to extract information about the > population. The same as BMD certificates. The "event" of a census would be > one's place of residence at a specific date, and some other secondary > information we can extract from the census, such as place and estimated date > of birth. The census is no more an event than my birth certificate. > > Just because someone appears in the census doesn't make it an event, I > appear in my birth certificate, does that make my birth certificate the > event? My father appears in his DD-214 from the US Marines, does that make > his DD-214 the event? are land deeds events or documentation of an event? > > one can use documents any way they will, it's their family history. If we > follow the logic that a census is an event in itself, and not a document (to > the event of "residence" and other assorted info), than almost any document > we get in genealogy can be considered events in and of themselves, and we no > longer have any sources, just events > > --- On *Wed, 11/24/10, Mike Fry <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Mike Fry <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Usage model for Legacy events > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:02 AM > > 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 > <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
