How I do it is use one "Military Service" event and summarize what I want to include in reports and such in the notes. If I have multiple sources, say a couple of different books, I'll treat those as different sources in Legacy as well. However, if I find a collection of 35 cards/pages of military records (say from something like FootNote), then I bunch those into one source of "Compiled Military Service Records for XXX" or something like that. I realize you did say you wanted to treat each separately. But, that's just me, sounds like you have a need/desire to break them down more granular perhaps than I do.
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Sheri Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please forgive me for asking what is probably a very dumb question and > overlooking the obvious on these documents, but this is my first venture > into military service records. Much of the information regarding military > service I have entered in my database years ago is in need of a major > overhaul as I knew nothing about military service, etc, so any advice and > guidance is greatly appreciated. I still consider myself a beginner with so > much to learn. > > Recently, I've found many more documents concerning Civil War military > service for several of my ancestors. Many of these documents are Muster > Rolls with as many as 15 just for one person and there are a handful of > these that I'm not really sure what the document 'title' is. By title, I > mean the document isn't clearly 'titled' like Muster Roll, Prisoner Of War, > etc. Some just list the name, unit information, rank and several lines of > numbers, which I'm assuming are file/reference numbers for other documents. > > So for the documents that I know what they are, I'm going to enter each > document separately as it's own event, but not sure if the title of the > document should be the event name or something like Civil War Military > Service with the document name as the description, then the date of > occurrence, and the location listed on the document, with any other notes > entered in the notes section for that event. Or is there another way to > handle these documents? > > And not sure how to enter this type of occurrence where a couple of my > ancestors were civilians that were taken by Union troops to serve as guides, > etc., and then taken prisoner. I haven't located the actual documents, but > these occurrences have been in several books written about the specific > battle, which supports the family stories. > > Thank you again for your expertise! > > Sheri Harris > Georgia > Researching the families of West, Harris, Trimmer, McDonald, Prater, Moose, > Stockburger, Daugherty, Elliott, Atchley and Haney > www.westharrisfamily.com > > > > > > 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 > > > > -- James Cook GED Utils, Ancestry Utils http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ 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
