The “basic” events in the data entry screen are “singular” e.g. there is only one date of birth. OK, you don’t use christened/baptised that shows a basic flaw over how to decide what are “Vital events”, the absolute minimum you would probably want to record – birth, marriage(s), death, “disposal” (not trying to be irreverent, just a single word to cover all options).
The items you mention (occupation and residence) could both change many times during a lifetime and so need to be added for each occurrence, rather than have a single field to complete. They also have “from” and “to” dates. It’s almost impossible to build a system that would satisfy every user (such as those asking for same sex relationships) and probably this one comes from a deeply Christian background. But it is flexible enough to suit almost all requirements – even the events you refer to are visible, and can be added, from the basic data entry screen (individual’s information). The Family window does have the defaults you mention, but it is simple to change what is displayed (click on the field names). E.g. I replaced “cause of death” with “user id” as I don’t record the cause of death as it is of no importance to me other than for a few generations of direct ancestors. But userid points me to my filing system for hard copy information. I agree that “christened” or “baptised” isn’t a vital event to people of another or no faith and maybe could be omitted from the top part of the screen, but it isn’t mandatory to complete it. I have no faith, but do use the field as, in the UK, it is often the only date that I can find that is, usually, close to the date of birth. Try to find your way to work with the system, as it will almost certainly be able to deal with it somehow. Maybe not as easily as you would like, but if you can find a system that is easier then please tell us. Jack From: Itzhak Epstein [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 May 2013 21:06 To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Data Entry Default Events I use Legacy 7.5 Deluxe Edition, Its basic data entry (Individual's Information) window seems to be hardwired to four initial events -- born, christened, died and buried. Other events have to be selected from a menu. Hardly anybody in my database was baptized, and even their circumcision dates are not particularly important to me. Similarly, burial data is not that important to me. On the other hand, residence and occupation data are important to me. How do I replace "christened" and "buried" in that window with other events? The Family window started with the same four event plus "cause of death" and I replaced three of the events in it. This deals with display but not with data entry. Itzhak Epstein New York, NY < mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3336 / Virus Database: 3162/6319 - Release Date: 05/12/13 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 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3336 / Virus Database: 3162/6319 - Release Date: 05/12/13 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
