Very interesting approach, Mary. Which reports do you use? On the Family Group Report I have a line that separates each event. I don't see how that can be removed. Am I missing something?
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Mary Fowler Leek <[email protected]>wrote: > Tony, > > First, I don't think the information in the vitals notes prints anywhere. > > If you put the burial notes in an Event note, you can have it placed > exactly where you want it to read in the narrative reports. The individual > events can be moved up and down in the 'List of Events', depending on what > information you have for the person. A simple example below shows two > events that follow the block of vitals in a Legacy Descendant Book report > for Ada. If I wanted to have the burial note read below the obituary, I'd > just highlight it and move it under the Obituary event in the 'List of > Events'. As you can see, for the burial location, I add the Cemetery Name > in (...) following the city. This way, I can search and create a list of > burials in each cemetery and they also sort well in the location list. I > don't enter anything in the 'general notes' or any of the vitals notes. I > created an event called 'Notes' instead so I can arrange my narrative to > read the way I want. You can't tell by this example, but I can attach a > photo of Ada's headstone to the first note following the block of vitals > and the photo will be included in the report. Another bonus is each Notes > Event can be sourced. The cemetery address, phone number, directions, etc. > I add to the location notes for each cemetery and it prints in the > Locations Index. My goal is to try to produce interesting Narrative reports > for my family. If you haven't gotten too far along with your data input, > try a few different things, with an eye toward what is important to you. > Legacy is very flexible. My suggestion would be to try and settle on your > style of data input and then be consistent. > > > 1. Ada M. Lofland, daughter of Jonathan Cruse "Uncle Jonk" Lofland and > Mary Ann Elizabeth > "Bettie" Crawley, was born on 5 Sep 1886 in Gravelly, Yell County, > Arkansas, died on 4 Aug 1937 in > Amarillo, Potter County, Texas at age 50, and was buried in Memphis > (Fairview Cemetery), Hall > County, Texas. <<<<< this is the block of hard coded vitals info > > Ada is buried next to her husband and each have separate headstones. Their > daughter, Allie, who died young, is buried nearby. <<<< this > information was entered with a Notes Event > > ... she was remembered in an obituary, published on 5 Aug 1937, Waldron, > Scott County, > Arkansas. <<<<<< this information was entered with an Obituary > Event > > Mrs. Chester Caviness > > Mr. and Mrs. Bob Caviness, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caviness, Mrs. Lee > Montgomery, and Mrs. > Fred Harris left Wednesday for Memphis, Tex., to attend the funeral of > Mrs. Chester Caviness, > who died at her home in Memphis Wednesday morning. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Rolfe [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sherry said: > > I put the name of the cemetery or hospital in the Description field, > > date buried or of hospitalization in the date field and city, county, > > state and country in the Place field. > > > > Doesn't that make reports a bit strange? You would get the vital > statistics bit (including "he was buried in " and the name of the town), > then all the life events and finally the cemetery event. Wouldn't it > read more smoothly if you included the cemetery details in the burial > location, so that it was included in the in the front of the report? > > I've always included all burial details (including plot and row numbers > and cemetery name) in the burial location and the report has all > relevant data together. I'm still able to include pictures and notes, > although I do have to cut and paste notes about the actual cemetery into > each individual location. > > Just a thought > > 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
