Hi Tony. I fully understand your point, but remember that even though location does not have a specific source of its own, location does have a specific NOTE field you can use, as has already been mentioned. So whatever you put in the particular location NOTE FIELD - you can update with more information and tell Legacy to make the change for EVERY instance of that location, if that is your desire.
Jerry / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org On 11/15/2011 08:07 PM, Tony Rolfe wrote: > Thanks to everyone for their answers. > > For Question 1, I really think that notes about a location belong with > the location, rather than the event where the location is used. If a > location no longer exists, but a family lived there for three censuses > and a bunch of marriage and birth events, then adding the data to each > person's copy of each event is so much data duplication. Updating the > information will be a nightmare. Imagine that you add a new location > from a census document and find it doesn't exist now. You look at the > enumerator's header sheet and find that it was in an area bounded by > four streets. So you add this info to the events. Later on you find > out a bit more detail, say that it was renamed in 1940. You have to > add that to all copies of all events which use that location. Then > you find out it was demolished in 1970. Again, add that to all copies > of all events. If the info is in the location notes it only needs to > be updated in one place. So, it should be sourceable. > > I'm going to report it as a bug. > > For Question 2. I'll try out the programs mentioned. I already have > CutePDF, but prefer to use jpegs rather than PDF's. > > Thanks again for all the advice > > Tony > > > > 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
