Would someone please explain what a "witness feature" is? Thanks--- Donna
Donna -- In genealogy programs that use it, "witness" does not necessarily mean "witness to an event" (wedding witnesses, for example), although the witness function can be used in those circumstances. Instead "witness" means something much more general, that is "anyone participating in an event" or "anyone -- in addition to the principal participant -- that you want to associate with an event." The most common (and time-saving usage) is in recording census data as events. You simply record the event for the "principal" (head of household) and then add as witnesses the remainder of the household. I REALLY miss this feature in Legacy, so I try to simulate it with the event clipboard. Nevertheless the event clipboard copying is far more time consuming that simply typing in witness MRINs (which is what I could do with a witness feature). In another example, if I were abstracting a death certificate, I would attach at "witnesses" everyone named in the death certificate including parents (often long since deceased), informant children, perhaps even the undertaker, especially if he is already in my database as a relative. After attaching the witness information, the death certificate would appear in the events list for each of the witnesses, even though some of them could not have possibly been present for the event. Typically, also, each witness is assigned a "role," making it very clear that they are not the principal in the event. Report options allow you to include witness events or not. The entire function is a wonderful research tool that allows you to prepare an even more complete timeline of documents in which your ancestors appear. Hope this helps, Cafi Cohen Arroyo Grande, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Bernier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V6 Features > Sherry, > > Thank you for your response. Unfortunately I need to move on with my > research and data entry. I have been maintaining data in both Legacy and > the other program that does offer witness/role capabilities. I have > continued to hope that Legacy would offer this very important feature. > Unfortunately, I do not see that Legacy considers this an important > feature. Millennia keeps adding bells and whistles that a lot of users > don't consider important, but doesn't seem to want to put the programming > effort into features that are important. I have been a strong supporter > of Legacy since version 3.0. I can no longer support a program that isn't > able to or chooses not to give the user's the features they find important > and necessary. > > I will continue to monitor the list. If at some point in the future > Millennia decides there is some merit in a request for witness/role > function and decides to add it to the program I will consider returning to > Legacy. Of course it will depend on how easily I can transfer my data > back into Legacy and not loose anything. > -- > Ron Bernier > > > --On Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:09 AM -0700 LegacySupport > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ron, >> >> When v6 is finished and ready for final release, you'll get a >> comprehensive list of features and will be notified of availability, >> although Eastman's article pretty much covered the major new features. >> >> A pre-release version was available to those attending the Legacy classes >> at the BYU conference last month, so it *is* happening and getting very >> close. We had hoped to have v6 officially released by that time, but it >> wasn't quite ready and since Geoff had already scheduled to teach classes >> on a couple of the new features, we went ahead with that plan. >> >> I believe Ken posted to the group awhile back that he had *hoped* that he >> could include a witness feature but discovered that it would take >> considerable restructuring in order to accommodate this. The feature >> hasn't been forgotten and we know that users would like to have it. >> >> Thanks for using Legacy. >> >> Sherry >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> We are changing the world of genealogy! >> >> When replying to this message, please include all previous >> correspondence. >> Thanks. > > -- > Ron Bernier > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
