But database-wise, you can record both as an "Event" in Legacy, so I'm not sure what we're trying to decide here...? (not trying to open up the "census" discussion again, pls) --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Harbaugh Hopkins Hughes Jones Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams
----- Original Message ---- From: David C Abernathy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 9:45:39 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Facts, Events and Sources Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact And compare the two. "The word fact can refer to verified information about past or present circumstances or events which are presented as objective reality" "Event can refer to many things such as:" and a LONG list of event types. My thought, a fact is the record of an event. The "Census" is the event, but we refer to the record of the event, same as the birth, marriage, and death. The census were taken and the questions were based on the date required by law, not the date that census was really taken. Even today when we fill out the forms, we are to answer base on the date required. We have (I) filled them out before AND after the required date. I have filled out about 5 forms and I know I did NOT do it on the day in question, so did I even get it right, who knows. The last one, we did fill it out the day we received it in the mail and then mailed it on the day of census was to be taken. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers <snip> 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
