On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:23:03 +0100, "Harrison Genealogy" <[email protected]> wrote: >Sorry about that it is as you say for tracking Documents BUT documents >relate to events .... So can you enlighten me when you say tracking events >what do you actually mean ? Yes, but you can have several document relating to a single event. An event could be: 1. A 21st birthday party -- documents relating to who was there, who was drunk, who was sober could include a photo (or album of photos), a diary entry, a letter from someone who was there describing the party. Each document may mention different people who were present, but the event record links to all persons who were listed in any of the documents as being present. 2. A committee meeting -- documents could include minutes, letters etc. 3. A car accident -- documents could include witness astatements etc. 4. Publication of a book -- people involved could be author, editor, literary agent etc. And so it goes. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Steve YES ... you can do something like that with Custodian ... for example on the Probate section you can enter the whole of a will and then highlight the names of people mentioned in the text and send them to the Names Index. Then with the SQL report you can interrogate the record. With the spare fields available you can add to any database with the data you want Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Hayes Sent: 27 May 2011 15:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Event-based database software for historians, biographers and genealogists - redux On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:23:03 +0100, "Harrison Genealogy" <[email protected]> wrote: >Sorry about that it is as you say for tracking Documents BUT documents >relate to events .... So can you enlighten me when you say tracking events >what do you actually mean ? Yes, but you can have several document relating to a single event. An event could be: 1. A 21st birthday party -- documents relating to who was there, who was drunk, who was sober could include a photo (or album of photos), a diary entry, a letter from someone who was there describing the party. Each document may mention different people who were present, but the event record links to all persons who were listed in any of the documents as being present. 2. A committee meeting -- documents could include minutes, letters etc. 3. A car accident -- documents could include witness astatements etc. 4. Publication of a book -- people involved could be author, editor, literary agent etc. And so it goes. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message