Barb:
I still disagree with you as you state yourself in your first sentence.
A probate record is not an event it is a source of informatio about a
persons death which is an event. An obituary is not an event it is a
source of information about a persons death. Then you say "or dozens of
other sources", right you are the are sources.
Charlie
Barb Snow wrote:
>
> Well, it is an event to the same extent that a probate record is an event or
> an obituary or any of the dozens of other sources that give us information
> recovered from the records of events in the person life. The source, i.e.
> the source citation, is where you found that information--that is, where the
> obituary was published, the year and page of the census information etc.
> But I don't disagree with you that it makes sense to link to that
> information as text found in the citation, rather than as an event. I
> think the difference is where you determine you want it to display. If you
> put it in the text of the source field, it will display in the footnote. If
> you put it in as an event, it will display in the body of the report. I
> decided I wanted the latter, although as I noted, I am still not sure that
> was the best decision.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Aubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Anyone found away to link events to other people
>
> > Dear Barb
> > I may be mistaken, but a Census record is not an event, it is a
> > Source, and as such each person listed under that source will be linked
> > to the source. You can easily list all people under any given source
> > and thus see who is linked to that source. Another point is that each
> > person you enter is an individual and should have there own sources and
> > events even if they are linked to a common source, cemetery, Bible, book
> > etc. Just my thoughts
> > Charles
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