You need to be careful not to confuse place of birth and race. I have friends that were born in and their families lived several generations in Africa but are Caucasians, and others that are black but lived in Asia. You can get too caught up in Political Correctness and loose accuracy, as well as give misleading information.
Bill In a message dated 7/5/2012 12:13:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I could make an event but that would be weird. Your race isn't an event in your life. For now I am just writing it in the notes so that I know to take race into consideration when I am searching for records. Since census records always contain race I am surprised Legacy hasn't added a field for that. Michele -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Race On 05/07/2012 19:28, Michele Lewis wrote: > I just realized there is no place in Legacy to record a person’s > race (or is there?) I just received a marriage license in the mail > from Forrest County, MS on one of my relatives. The marriage came > from one of the “Colored†marriage books. When I requested the > marriage I had no idea that the man she married was black. Lucky for > me the clerk in Forrest County was smart enough to check the > “Colored†books when she didn’t find the marriage in the white > marriage book. I looked for this man right away in the WWI draft > cards and I did find him (listed as black). However, if I hadn’t > done any more research on his for months I might have forgotten he was > black and missed records discounted certain records because of race. > If there isn’t a place to record race (if there is I couldn’t find it) it would be nice if there was. You could create a custom Fact/Event to cover this. -- 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 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
