In a message dated 1/16/03 7:25:55 PM Central Standard Time, FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I was wondering how FO users inter the Military Service information. I can't seem to get the wording to come out right. >> I enter the dates of service, e.g., June 1863-April 1865 in the Date field and in the place field, I use the name of the war preceding by "the," e.g., "the Civil War." Using "the" before the name of the war makes a smoother sentence when printing a book.

But how do you enter more than one term of service that when they were not consecutive? This was quite common in the wars Revolution, 1812, and the Civil War. It is not unknown today. I had a brother-in- law who served in both the Army and the Navy. I have resulted to skipping this fact in favor of individual notes. Perhaps sometime in the future RM will allow us to use a fact more than once. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JStubbs100@aol.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: [FO] Re: Military Service Information > In a message dated 1/16/03 7:25:55 PM Central Standard Time, > FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << > I was wondering how FO users inter the Military Service information. I > can't seem to get the wording to come out right. >> > > I enter the dates of service, e.g., June 1863-April 1865 in the Date field > and in the place field, I use the name of the war preceding by "the," e.g., > "the Civil War." Using "the" before the name of the war makes a smoother > sentence when printing a book. > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ > >

Hi Sam, Didn't know there was a restriction on the number to times a fact can be used. I have lived in about 20 locations and every one is shown in its own fact. (Repetitious use of 'Lived') ??? Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Wonders" <swonders@home.ffni.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 14:56 Subject: Re: [FO] Re: Military Service Information : But how do you enter more than one term of service that when they were not : consecutive? This was quite common in the wars Revolution, 1812, and the : Civil War. It is not unknown today. I had a brother-in- law who served in : both the Army and the Navy. I have resulted to skipping this fact in favor : of individual notes. Perhaps sometime in the future RM will allow us to use : a fact more than once. : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: <JStubbs100@aol.com> : To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> : Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:40 PM : Subject: [FO] Re: Military Service Information : : : > In a message dated 1/16/03 7:25:55 PM Central Standard Time, : > FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: : > : > << : > I was wondering how FO users inter the Military Service information. I : > can't seem to get the wording to come out right. >> : > : > I enter the dates of service, e.g., June 1863-April 1865 in the Date field : > and in the place field, I use the name of the war preceding by "the," : e.g., : > "the Civil War." Using "the" before the name of the war makes a smoother : > sentence when printing a book. : > : > : > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== : > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ : > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ : > : > : : : ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== : Searchable ARCHIVES - : http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=FAMILY-ORIGI NS-USERS :