Just different ways of working - it's no bad thing for users to know the options.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: >Not for me. I always exclude everything that is in privacy brackets. >If I want some things sometimes but not others I use an event which I can make >private when I don't want it. >Now I guess you could choose to include or not include event notes but since I >haven't entered notes with the thought of not including them, this wouldn't >work for me as I have years of data entry. > >The thing is to be consistent. I'm consistent in never publishing things I put >in privacy brackets (unless of course for research purposes I want a report of >some kind for myself). > >Ron, you're free to not use them in particular fields so that you can choose >to include or exclude things in privacy brackets on other grounds. It's just >not my way of entering data to consider putting things in privacy brackets >that I may want to publish. > >For me, they're too useful to not use in Name Fields. > >Cathy > >Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Sorry Cathy, I can't really agree on this one. I may well make a note in one >> of the notes > but not in specific fields. >> >> Wilst I do use privacy brackets, their disadvantage is that you either >> publish, or not, all of them. That is to say you cannot exclude one type but >> include another. In my view this limits their usefulness. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone >> >> Cathy Pinner<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be >>> putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who >>> haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it >>> doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can >>> do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering >>> which Mary is which. >>> >>> Cathy >>> >>> Ron Ferguson wrote: >>>> Jay, >>>> >>>> Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. >>>> >>>> However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you >>>> change your mind. >>>> >>> >> Ron Ferguson >>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >>>> >>>> Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone >>>> >>>> "J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls "<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Pat, >>>> >>>> I often put a note in the given name field, such as "Mary-Not Pat's >>>> direct ancestor". Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. >>>> >>>> I have some I need to work on, Like "John-May be wrong wife", etc. >>>> >>>> Fortunately, we are no >>> t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was >>>> in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! >>>> >>>> Jay > > > > > > > >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
