Do you just attach that event to the oldest ancestor of the line? Then if/when you find older ancestors do you then move the event backwards in time as your list of people grows?
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Cathy-0 <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > > I don't know about any international standards, but what I use for the item > that just doesn't fit any category or is definitely a one-off is an event > that I titled "Miscellaneous Notes". This event has no description, no date > nor any place fields. It only contains Notes and Sources. My use of this > event is more of an exception rather than the norm. But it certainly helps > out when I have something that doesn't fit elsewhere. > > This event also comes in handy when I have a long text like a biography that > I want to break into smaller pieces and have sources for each piece. Then > when I print out a Descendant Book (a.k.a. Modified Register report) each > piece or paragraph can have its own source citation as needed. > > Anyway, this is just one option. I'm sure that the many members of this > list will probably have other options to suggest that will be helpful to > you. > > Cathy-0 > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Cook" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:00 AM > Subject: [LegacyUG] ISO ideas for recording history not specifically related > to an individual? > > > In one of my lines recently (Willis), I've been working with several > sources that each provide sort of an introduction to the family. > Something along the lines of: > > Before 1600, the family was from Warwickshire, England. The castle at > Fenny Compton is of particular interest due to the wealth of church > records and grave markers that can be found there. Also, the family > can be found in the Visitations of Warwick 1619... > > I'd like to be able to capture these hints/tips/pointers somehow in my > database in a way so they do not get lost or forgotten, and when I > generate reports or otherwise share my findings they are shared as > well. Do you have any tricks for how to something like this? I've > considered a stubby individual to attach it to, and just keep making > stubby be the oldest ancestor of my line, but wanted to know if there > might be other ways to do this. > > > As an aside, the Visitation book(s) can be found electronically via > Google, but I can't read/decode them. If anyone could kindly point me > to any how-tos or other guides for how to use these books it would be > most appreciated. Off-list of course. > > -- > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
