I have a few questions and would appreciate a few detailed pro's and con's
on what we think our software needs are and agree to disagree. no one is
right or wrong on that score.
I've heard some saying the work-around clipboard compared to linked events
is time consuming and bulky.
Time consuming... I'm still celebrating the addition of a clipboard that
lets me add an event to 15 people with a click of a button... yes on each
person... but still I smile every time. Just my POV.
Bulky... here is where I'm worried about what you mean and would really like
those of you who want linked events to tell me exactly what you think that
would be.
My focus is on having software that makes research easier, faster and as
productive as possible in the limited time I have in a library. Others may
have a different focus. I want all the info found in every census, will,
letter... anything in an event to show up in full for everyone mentioned.
For example, if I am researching a John Smith, son of Sam Smith... I want
all the info on everyone listed in the Sam Smith household from the 1880
census where John is 12, going to school ..... on John's chronology view. I
do not want a statement there saying that John is listed as Sam's son in the
1880 census. When I run into research problems i often start researching
everyone listed on the chronology view and often find my person from info on
the others. I don't want to wander around various screens of relatives to
find info when it can all be there on that screen. I'd rather spend a bit
more time at home inputting the info and have less time needed in the
library using the info.
So I'm asking those of you who want this linked event feature:
1. exactly what do you feel would be the benefits?
2. would it be canned and a possible problem or only be canned insofar as
the events are canned but can be edited?
2. could it interfere with my needs as I've explained them or could I ignore
it and continue to do what I do?
Jean Van Horn
Clearwater, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] witnesses
Charlie, I think many will agree with you that "witness" may not be the
correct term but on the other hand witness IS the term that a lot of
genealogists use for the situation as described by Ron. I'm relatively new
to this stuff so I kinda go with the flow most of the time. One of the
things some people have been asking for is a way to tie multiple
individuals
to a common event. I've seen it described as a "list of a master events"
that would be like the list of master sources. That way you could assign
multiple individuals to an event instead of having to repeat the event for
every person.
For instance I have 15 family members listed in one Census. In order to
document this as an "event" I have to repeat all the documentation 15
times.
Having to do this for hundreds of census' gets very time consuming.
I too thought V6 would address this problem but I also respect the fact
that
programming the function could be difficult.
Am I going to quit using Legacy. No... I still think Legacy is a great
program and the Legacy staff ARE very helpful and responsive to the
customers. And, like someone else said. "Not every program is going to do
everything everybody "wants."
Gordon
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