I do not consider a biography to be an event *in* a persons life, it is a record of things which may, or may not, have happened during their life. It is, therefore, a source for events/facts, but should also be treated with care as biographies often contain errors of fact. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307
"Marg Strong" <[email protected]> wrote: >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. 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