I, too, am of the school of thought that it should be treated as a source, not an event. The information found in it are the events. It is interesting to note that while Legacy does allow you to use it in either way, it does show up in problem reports as being an error for event after death. If that's not a concern to you, then you can simply mark it as an "exclusion" and move on.
--- On Mon, 2/21/11, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara <[email protected]> wrote: From: Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary as Event? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 4:08 PM Jerry I suppose 'everything' could be considered an Event/Fact and handled as such. But I agree with Ron and Dennis, obituaries and the like, including census results in my world, do not fit into my Events/Facts as a matter of normal processing. The information they contain is used to identify or substantiate names, dates, places and the conveyance itself is recorded as a Source. >From the looks of things opinions are all over the board----flip a coin. :D Gary On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Jerry <[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 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
