Evelyn & Shirley,
Thank you for the ideas on Events, etc
Long ago [almost 20 years] when I began using Genealogical software, I
included the source of an abstracted or transcribed document at the
bottom of the abstract or transcript.
When Legacy came along with it's 'Source Writer', I tried it and found
that the process was so blasted tedious, I went back to my original idea
of having the source as part of the transcript.
I know that this will cause shudders of horror, but believe me, it saves
oodles of time with data input and accomplishes the goal of having the
source bound to the event in a way that works with no hitches. It
prints out just fine, is where it belongs in the grand scheme of things
and does not get forgotten. In fact, I copy and paste the source to the
bottom of the page before ever abstracting or transcribing. If I am
entering the event directly in to Legacy as a copy and paste, it still
goes in the notes section first, then the info slots are filled, then
the abstracted data is entered in the notes section. Save and if it is a
shared event, then do the share.
In the scenario I described earlier, putting info and sources from both
a DC and a Vital Record in the same event would not work because of the
different dates. But having two events connected to a death could be
accomplished by creating another Event Definition: Cause of Death.
Because the two events are close together in time - not more than a few
days at most, they would still fall into chronological order.
Thanks for your help.
Martha
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