Marli, Whether or not you use a special event for Birth Certificates is up to you.
I don't. I just add it as a source for the data on the certificate. I think you need to add it as a source for the actual data and not just as a special event but you may want a special event so it's easy for you to see which certificates you have. (That's why I enter Censuses as events as it's so easy to see which are still to be found) Re reports. Yes if you've added the certificate as a source and as an event it will show twice but in different places and ways depending on how you've entered both. OR you can have the Certificate as Event just for convenience and choose to make that event Private and not include Private Events in Reports. It's really up to you. To add to the confusion ;-) Sometimes I add the source data to the vital event note - especially if I'm still working out whether these people fit in my family or not as it's often much quicker. That's another place you might want to put the certificate information. Birth Notes is certainly where I record if there is anything unexpected or particularly interesting on the certificate. Most family members don't look at the sources but do read the notes. Cathy At 03:47 AM 10/03/2014, you wrote: >Just watched Jeff's excellent webinar on sources. He shows adding >sources to the top part of the screen. (Name, Birth, Death etc.) I >put those sources in the event section with named events IE. birth >certificate= Missouri Birth Certificates. (Clipboard seems to be the same) >Should they go in both? >If they do go in both, won't they show twice on any reports? >Also, do you enter the date accessed or not and why? >Any and all comments!!?? >I use Legacy 7.5 on Windows 8 >Thanks > >Marli Yoder >A & M Farms >Eureka & Sturgeon Missouri 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
