Yes. I am not so proficient in Legacy nomenclature. I fully understood why baptism and burial for which there may be documentation are reasonable surrogates for birth and death respectively.
As for my aside about "cause of death", I was surprised by the fifth default item in the family view screen. Why is it so important? BTW: RootsMagic includes this item (also burial but not christening) in its default customizable data entry screen.
It would have been nice if upon the establishment of a new Legacy family file, we could be given suggested defaults and an immediate opportunity to substitute events. Yes. I already know about the issue of reports' templates.
I mentioned my concerns to Legacy but they did not deem it a priority.
I am looking for a genealogy database program to recommend to collaborating relatives. The Master Genealogist, my own primary program, is not suitable. Legacy is my primary candidate but I am still reluctant to recommend it.
Itzhak
At 01:14 AM 5/2/2017, you wrote:
Itzhak,
You are confusing the Family View screen which you can customise as you have, with the Individual Information screen.
The Family View screen is just a display of your data.
The Individual Information screen is where you enter the data.
Note to enter Cause of Death you have to open the Notes icon and choose the Medical tab. It doesn't have a data entry field on the Individual Information screen.
Yes it takes more clicks or keyboard shortcuts to enter Occupation, Residence and Immigration.
There can be multiple events for all of those taking them out of Events/Facts wouldn't be particularly helpful to most people.
Where they are, you have a lot of control how they are used.
People do not have that control over the "vital events" of birth, baptism/christening, death and buried.
For my research the christening and buried fields are as important as the birth and death fields for earlier generations as they are the dates that were recorded. I will never know the birth or death dates of many people because they weren't recorded anywhere. I know that shows a Western/Christian bias.
So I support the option to be able to define which birth alternative/equivalent field is used so that people from other cultures some use it.
Cathy
Itzhak Epstein wrote:
My individual information screen is already configured to show born,
died, residence, occupation, immigration.
Then, when I try to add a relative, I can easily baptize and bury
her/him. If I want to indicate immigration, occupation or residence
the event's entry screen can be found with a click and few additional
key strokes.
People are born and they die. Some are baptized and buried, but other
events may be more significant to the researcher or in her/his culture.
I still do not understand why cause of death was given such prominent
billing in the individual information screen.
Itzhak
At 12:20 PM 5/1/2017, you wrote:
On 01 May 2017 15:38, Bob Austen wrote:
Maybe I am missing your point
You can change âChristenedâ to another one of many choices, including
âOccupationâ.
By clicking on the âevent titleâ brings up a screen where you can
âCustomize Family View Informationâ. Then clicking on the box with the
three dots in it you can change the event to one of many.
I think that what Itzhak is talking about is on the Individual's
Information screen, where he wants the option of replacing the Born,
Chr/Bap, Died and Buried dates/locations with other events that are
more relevant to him and his research. Can't see it happening: people are born, they live and die. What other Vital events can there be?
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