I don't "design" event sentences if I don't like the standard options. In the "Sentence Overide" tab I put [Notes][Sources], then write whatever I like in the "Notes" tab.
RE the date, it depends. If say, the actual date of the event is stated, I use that, then make a note as to where I found it and attach the source. If the source just gives the information I use the date of the source, again with an explanation. Marianne -----Original Message----- >From: Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 17, 2011 11:41 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [LegacyUG] More thoughts invited on Event Sentences > >I know that is is probably preferable to edit Reports in a wordprocessor >to get the best results and that many people do this. I don't often >have cause to print Reports but I like to have my Event Sentences >designed to produce a reasonably grammatical and sensible output >whenever possible. LUGgers recently assisted me towards the decision to >have separate Events with different wording, including some part of the >EventName in [[privacy brackets]] for Events which can be "done by" or >"done to" an individual. > >Now I am turning my attention to Events - Facts, to be more accurate - >where the "Source" occurs after the person's death. For example, a son >or daughter marries several years after the father's decease and enters >his (the father's) Occupation on the Marriage Register. Another >example, a Will is probated a year after a person's death and the >documents state the person's home address. How do LUGgers handle such >Events/Facts? > >Do you create an Occupation or Address Event and leave it undated? Or >do you put the date of the Marriage or Probate which is when the >"statement was made" about the person's occupation or address? Do you >do either of the above and add an Event Note such as "This was stated on >his son's Marriage Certificate, 5 years after his decease"? > >I am contemplating the possibility of having 2 types of Address or >Occupation Event. One, the usual "On <date> his Address was ..." or "On ><date> he was a ..." and the other something along the lines of "On ><date> it was stated that he had been ..." or "On <date> it was stated >that his address at the time of his death was ...", with perhaps an >explanatory Note. > >As usual it will be interesting and helpful to see how other LUGgers >deal with these situations. >-- >Jenny M Benson > > > > 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
