On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:58:54 +0200, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: >I am thinking of creating a database for people to record strays on these >sites, and thought I would ask for advice on what to include in such a >database, especially from those who may have had some experience of strays >indexes. > >The Yahoogroups databases are limited to 10 fields, so one needs to give some >thought to what should go in them. I am thinking of the following: > >1. Name of the principal person (Surname, Firstnames) >2. Date (of record or event, in YYYY-MM-DD format) >3. Place (of record or event) >5. Place of origin of the person (if mentioned) >6. Relations of the person (if mentioned) >7. Source (newspaper, tombstone, church record etc.) >8. Notes (any other information about the person or record) >9. Informant (name of person who entered record, and contact info) >10. Date record entered. On reading this initially my first thought was that possibly 6. and 8. could be included in the one field (8.) leaving a spare, for use as; 6. Nature of event - Birth/baptism, Marriage, Death/burial or Other. This would facilitate an only B or M or D or O data input being allowed and allow a degree of sorting if needed. -- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia http://www.eldridgegenealogy.org Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000s at my Web site *Wanted* Any Eldridge related information This newsgroup post is not an invitation to reply by email.