The same way a biography about a person can hold events even if the person has died.
>________________________________ > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 5:23 PM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Obituary Event > >How can it possibly be a fact in a person's life when the person is dead? In >reality many obits. are sanitised versions of the truth anyhow. >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >GOONS #5307 > > >"M. Brenzel" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>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 >> >> > > >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
