I would think so too, There is one drawback though. It's not always clear at which point in time who (I mean the children) still belongs to the family or who has started his of her own family. It seems to me that the ability to link different individuals to one event and the ability to document the relationship between the event and the individual would be a major step forward in Legacy
Wim > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: vrijdag 29 maart 2002 16:31 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: [LegacyUG] notes and events for families > > > There are "marriage" notes and events (on the marriage > bar). Seems to me that's where to put them. > > Rith Ann > > Dan Cline wrote: > > > > I have encountered numerous occasions where information, occurrences, > > data, whatever, pertain to an entire family, and even spill over into > > the extended family. At the same time, these events or data, because of > > their nature, have no singular connection to an individual, but > > implicate everyone. > > > > Currently it appears you cannot record family events in Legacy, only > > individual events like a burial or birth. What do you do with a typhoid > > or small pox epidemic, or the wholesale migration of family groups from > > TN to AR. I have been putting these under husband or wife, but they > > don't belong there, and actually look ridiculous in reports. I am at a > > loss, except to conclude that genealogy software allows mostly bean > > counting (who begat whom, when and where). Or Maybe there is a good > > reason why family events or notes are not allowed. Dunno. I don't like > > not knowing. > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
