I'm contemplating how to best use events in my file and curious how others do it.
1. I'm starting to add the images of obituaries into my database. I'm trying to decide if its better to add them as media under the individual or under the event. Which is more common? Pros / cons? 2. I've recently discovered Event Sharing (how long has this been a feature? I missed it). Do you use this feature? If so, how? I see a few possibilities: a. For census data -- make the head of household the owner, and share the event with all members of the household. b. For obituaries and other notices -- make the subject of the notice the owner, and share the event with others mentioned. I've experimented to see how this looks for census information ... but here's the catch for me ... changing the existing database. Every time there is a new feature its a TON of work to adapt the database to it. For example, with census information, I currently: * Have each individual member of the household with an individual event, such that it reads "He/She appeared on the [census] ..." * Have married members (in the same household) with a married event, such that it reads "They appeared on the [census" ..." I like the idea of converting to the individual HoH with shared events for everyone else, but I have nearly 2200 individuals and over 1400 marriages with census events ... that's a lot of manual relinking and updating. As for the obituaries, I was thinking something along the lines of sharing the events with the surviving individuals, and having the sentence read something like: "[Individual] was listed as a surviving relative in the obituary of ..." Thoughts appreciated --- especially on the conversion piece. Thanks, Scott
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