Multiple occupations would not be a problem if there was a way to select or flag a 'main' occupation. Genealogy nerds like us appreciate all the detail, but family members with a casual interest just want to get a quick handle on their ancestors' lives when they look at the tree.
Nigel On 16 December 2014 at 22:40, Brian/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > > And therein lies the difficulty of adding occupation to a chart. Which > one will the software choose? > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 16/12/2014 3:37 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > > On 16/12/2014 20:19, carogene wrote: > >> I add occupations after the marriage place, only for tree printing > >> purposes. It can be far more interesting to see a pattern emerge, or > not. > >> Looking forward to Legacy dealing with this one, it would be a popular > >> addition I think. > > > > The big problem must be that Occupation is not a single fixed fact like > > Birthdate/place or Baptism Date/Place but could be a recurrent Event. > > Many people have 2, 3 or more occupations in their lifetime. I record > > each instance of a person's occupation that I see recorded. For one of > > my ancestors this results in: > > > > 1823 Shoemaker > > 1825 Cordwainer > > 1826 Cordwainer > > 1828 Corwainer > > 1830 Labourer > > 1832 Labourer > > 1834 Cordwainer > > 1836 Cordwainer > > 1838 Cordwainer > > 1840 Cow Keeper > > 1841 Rag Dealer > > 1847 Cordwainer > > 1851 Cordwainer > > 1861 Cordwainer > > 1871 Greengrocer > > 1875 Greengrocer > > > > > > 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
