Everything mentioned are all valid points. I have tried quite a few of the different genealogy programs. Personally I have found Legacy the easiest as far as data entry goes. It also has a larger suite of 3rd party tools that support it. Unfortunately I dislike their reporting of data. That is why I use a different reporting tool (not a Legacy add-on). It shows occupations along with everything else imaginable. If not, they are open to additions in a timely manner. (if reasonable we are talking days!!) Legacy should really try harder to keep up.
On 4/30/2013 4:24 AM, Ron Bernier wrote: > Larry, > > What you are describing is already available in RootsMagic and The > Master Genealogist. It is called a sort date. This is exactly why I > have said on more than one occasion that Legacy is outdated/behind the > times. Legacy used to be an excellent program. Unfortunately, > Millennia doesn't seem to be the least bit interested in staying on > top. They are falling further and further behind their competition. > > Ron Bernier, > Woonsocket, RI > > On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Larry wrote: > > Jenny, > > I raised that same issue. I have recently been thinking about this > issue of showing events in reports. My thought so far is that > events do have dates associated with them, although we may not > know the date(s). > For practical sorting reasons I believe it would be necessary to > have what I term a "Pseudo Date". This would allow an event to be > displayed in a timeline in a "user assigned" or approximated > position rather than at the top of a list by default. > Here is a simplistic example to illustrate this. If I were to use > a Burial Event to show the cemetary information, I most likely > don't know the date. To prevent this from appearing at the top of > a chronological listing, ie., before they were born, which is > obviously absurd, I would use a Pseudo Date following the Death > Date to place it in correct sequence. This Pseudo Date could be > set to invisible so it wouldn't show on a report giving the false > impression that it is a known date. > A Pseudo Date could also be useful in sorting children. I know > Mary to be the third child but have no Birth Date, for example. > > I am planning to offer this as a suggestion to Millennia. What are > your thoughts on this idea? > > Larry Lee > > > > > > -- > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > 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
