And mine is essentially that Legacy make available downloadable EVENT lists as what we used to call a "utility" to help those who are unfamiliar with the terminology of each denomination or religious belief.
You don't need the Jewish, Moslem or Hindu lists, don't d/l them. Cheryl CE WOOD wrote: > My suggestion was that each person create Events relevant to > the people in the file, not that Legacy add myriad events to > its Event Definitions. > > CE > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Customing a Global Event > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 10:21:07 -0500 > > > > Probably true, but Christians know what a "baptism" IS -- we > > may differ over whether it requires informed consent, but if > > there's a baptism there's a live human being sprinkled or > > dunked, aged 1 minute to dead-1 minute. Confirmation is > > likewise well-recognized AND limits the denominations to be > > studied. > > > > /Bris/ is less well recognized. /Threading/ is a > > rarely-heard ceremony. If you've never heard of 'em, you're > > unlikely to include them in your list of EVENTS. > > > > IMO. > > > > Cheryl > > > > CE WOOD wrote: > > > And then there are, for Christians, First Communion, > > > Confirmation, etc. But these, like the others, are probably > > > better handled by creating an Event. Ordination, for > > > instance, is an adult rite, which is included in the Legacy > > > list of Events. Marriage is too, and, although > important for > > > genealogical purposes, is merely a rite when there are no > > > offspring. I think there was some heated discussion here > > > about still calling it "Marriage" now that many are not > > > getting married...but then, genealogical databases are > > > filled with progeny of parents who were not married. > > > > > > Isn't that that the purpose of Events? > > > > > > > > > CE > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Customing a Global Event > > > > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 17:45:04 -0500 > > > > > > > > Submit your Hindu list of Events as a suggestion. Legacy > > > does have Bar > > > > Mitzvah and Bas Mitsvah in its default Event Definition > > > list already but > > > > those, although Jewish, are not near birth events like > > > Chr/Baptizm since > > > > they are adult transition rites. Before someone else > > > takes me to task I > > > > know some Christian Sects do use Baptism as an adult > > > event instead of > > > > infancy. > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > Customer Support > > > > Millennia Corporation > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > > > > > > On 30/11/2014 3:55 PM, singhals wrote: > > > > > Brian/Support wrote: > > > > >> You cannot customize the individual input form. You > > > can create a custom > > > > >> event appropriate to the Jewish faith and add that > > > event as an event > > > > > > > > > > For those non-(whatevers), it would be useful to > HAVE an > > > > > event list for the various non-Christian faiths. > > > > > > > > > > However useless it may be to 98.6% of users, it > might help > > > > > 1% of the remainder. > > > > > > > > > > Cheryl > > > > > (Yeah, I can do a Hindu list). 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
