I think that if you look at "events" as really Event/Fact as they are labelled, you can see that an obituary can be a fact. I have an Obituary fact, as well as a Newspaper Article fact. Full text is transcribed with the source being the newspaper from which it was published. Then I use the same source for other facts or events, such as the person's birth, marriage or death.
But as Ron said and many others before, Legacy is so flexible that it allows us to use it as it best works for each of us. Mary Sent from my iPad On Feb 21, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Tim Rosenlof <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy, > > I think the 'Death' to be the 'Event', not the Obit. I'm thinking that > is what you may have thought ? I include the Obit with the 'Death > Event', as well as the funeral programs, mortuary... > > Criticism welcome, > Tim R. > > On 2/21/2011 11:38 AM, Kathy Meyer wrote: >> Just my personal process - I would treat an obituary like I do a >> census because of the information included in it. I create an event >> and add all of the details from it, i.e., I would transcribe the >> entire obituary. Then I would use the copy/paste event feature to add >> it to everyone else it mentioned. Kathy >> >> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Jerry <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone. I have a question about the use of obituaries. Would >> you ever use an obituary as an event, or would it always be a >> source to >> events? I have a friend who wants to put information contained on >> obituaries on our website, but it seems to me that historical notes, >> citing the obituaries as sources, not events, would be better >> procedure. What is your take on this? An example might be >> something >> simple like the obituary stated the person was an accountant. >> I'm just >> supposing because I haven't seen what she has yet. Thanks, --Jerry >> Boor / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org >> <http://www.merriamfamilytree.org/> >> >> >> > > > > 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
