My earlier comment was intended to be a "tongue in cheek" remark. I don't consider a book or the census as an event. They are records that provide the facts about events and are therefore sources. If I use the census to indicate a person resided in a town, county, state according to the census and also recorded the census as an event then in a time line you will see something like this:
Residence in 1910 Census 1910 Residence in 1920 Census 1920 ... Who would want to see this? Guess we will never agree across the board on this subject' Bobby > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Census event vs source > > On 20/10/2015 18:03, Bobby Johnson wrote: > > When I document the information found in a book, should > I not create a > > "Book Event"? If not, why would I create a census event > when I > > document the information contained in a census record? > > Under some circumstances I *would* create such an Event, > just as I have Events named Press & Publications and > > I think it all rather depends on whether the person was > actively concerned in some way. If an Ancestor of mine > published an autobiography or wrote a diary I would > probably create a "book event" > detailing that he wrote/published the work and giving a > description of the contents. And almost certainly Events for > particular activities therein recorded and using the > book/diary as a Source. I someone wrote history in which > they made some reference to my Ancestor I would not > create a "book event" but might just use the book as a > Source. > -- > Jenny M Benson 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
