But you can also look at it as a fact in the person's life. An obituary was published for the individual.
-----Original Message----- From: Doug Laidlaw [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 4:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary Event I would think of it as a source. It is not something that happened in the history of the individual in question, but an entirely separate piece of documentary evidence. Doug. On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:04:45 -0800 (PST) Marg Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of obituary event (someone recently used it as an > illustration) I didn't think of it as being an event, but as a source, > with the transcription in the detail. > > > If it were listed as an event, then it would be seen in the body of > the report, but as a source, it would be found in the > footnotes/endnotes so the event seems an advantage, having relatives > who will be sent my "book" after I am happier with my entries. (I'm > cleaning them up a bit every day) I'm fairly sure that most will skim > over the footnotes/endnotes or not read them. Do you use it as a > source or event or both, when you have few or no other sources for the > death? > > Thanks for you ideas on this, > Peggy > > > > 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 > > > > !DSPAM:50a6a77d77871026211138! 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
