I'll add that, like some others, I use the Marriage Events to record anything that related to the couple, rather than the individual. For example, I record the census under marriage when a couple appear together.
Scott On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Jan Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > I add anything that happened to the family (as a whole, or part of e.g. > mum and son, dad and three out of four children, mum and dad, the three > siblings) - some examples are group photos, a family holiday, a census > event. If, for arguments sake, I had a photo of a child's graduation and > mum and dad are in the photo with the child I would add this as an event > for the child, not the family - however, if it was a group photo take at a > picnic I would include it as a marriage (read 'family') event because it > isn't specific to any one person. If I find a census entry for one of the > children on his / her own, they would get an individual event - but if the > rest of the family was together at a different location that entry would > still be a family / marriage event. I have also changed the wording for > reports to something like "The following involved [couplenames] and / or > their children." > > Cheers > Jan > -----Original Message----- > From: julia m [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Examples of marriage events? > > > I'm a long time Legacy user but have never, ever added an Event in the > Marriage Information section. I would like to know some examples of what > could/should be added there? Maybe I'm adding some of my information to the > individual when it actually should be an Event in the Marriage section. I > don't know. > I think I'm asking this because I started seeing discussions about some > people adding the Census Event under the Marriage section (although I still > need to wrap my head around that idea and why I should do it.) > Thanks,Julia > > > > > > > > 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
