This would be very helpful. Is this a suggestion for the future? Or does this already exist in legacy?
Kathy Meyer On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Ron Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought there was a place to record general information about a > database. The logical place would be a notes field in Family File > Information. Somewhere that a "preface" to the database might be recorded > including any rules or special conditions which relate to the entire > database. Example of possible general information... > > 1) This database was originally a combination of records from Joseph > Winget, Julia Seagrave, and Lawrence Regan as of 21 Aug 2004. > 2) Spouses who married more than once have marriage source "Duplicate > Marriage in database". > 3) Members of the Winget Family Association have source "WFA Member". > 4) Dates like "Cal 1905" are calculated from evidence versus "Abt 1905" > which are estimated. > 5) LDS Blessings are entered as event "LDS Blessing" and not entered in > the christening fields. > 6) All group sheets connected to the direct line should be complete > including parents of husband and wife, all children, and spouses of > children. > > There could be more that the compiler wants to document about the > database. A generic source record might be created but it would have to be > linked to some individual to avoid it being purged as an unused source. > Ron Taylor > > > > 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
