Scott Simple answer for question 1: Always add a picture to an event so it will be printed in reports. You can have events for individuals and marriage events for family pictures.
Question 2: It is lots of work to go back and change your past work. May want to just use shared events as you go forward with data entry. Shared events are nice for data entry, but lots of other genealogy programs and online databases do not support shared events. So, if you want to export your data, you will be better off not using shared events. However, I believe Legacy 9 converts all shared events to standard events when you export to a GEDCom file. I do not use shared events. Chap ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman [email protected] ⛳ > On Jun 25, 2017, at 1:32 PM, Scott Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
