Jenny, Whilst this attached to your post it is not really a reply to your comments, but simply a way of commenting on the posts in the thread, and I picked yours because I knew you would understand :-).
In my previous post I expressed the wish that the thread did not develop into a "my way is better/more right than your way" type of discussion. I am not, therefore entering that debate. I was pointing out that there is more than one way of dealing with Events/Facts and in my view the selection is dependent on the use to which the users wish to put their data - reports, websites, detailed research and so on! There is no right and wrong way, but there may be a right, or a least a better, way for the owner of the data - it is personal to them. If I suggest a method of improving the output for somebody, and this happens to conflict with someone's cherished idea of "there is only one way of doing this, and that's my way", then tough, I will never agree with you. That is not to say I never change my way of working, I do, but only because it makes things easier for me, or gives me a better outcome. And for those who believe that standards are the 'be all and end all', please tell one which hasn't changed, or, like GEDCOM, needs changing. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports On 23/02/2012 04:09, Jerry wrote: > But I almost > find it hysterical that a census is considered an event in someone's > life, despite the fact that many professionals advocate for that. > That's sort of like saying a newspaper is an event in someone's life > because they might be mentioned in the newspaper, or an obituary is an > event in someone's life because, certainly, they are mentioned in the > obituary. Let us not forget that the lower section of an Individual's Information screen is labelled Events/Facts. The FACT that someone appeared on a Census or in a newspaper article or had an obituary written about them may perfectly reasonably be entered there *if anyone chooses to do so*. -- 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
