You don't HAVE to have a date field. When choosing occupations, uncheck the 'use date' box. Rollei (in Australia) Researching: LITTLE, Hibbard, Labies, Harmegnies, Gilbert, Bickford http://www.rolleilittle.com/ >From: singhals <singhals@erols.com> >Reply-To: singhals@erols.com >To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Missing Children, Occupations, and Graduations >Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:58:49 -0400 > >richcar@cfl.rr.com wrote: > >>Stewart, >> Thanks for you answer, at least I will quit looking for the children >>on the individuals report list. However, I can tell you that as I woman I >>can't think of any fact more natural to see when I look up an individual >>than whether they have children. I did however make the discovery that >>children do make themselves known on the descendency report. So, I guess >>I will have to be happy with that. >> Now I have another question. (Hope to get the hang of this soon and >>quit bothering everyone.) The page of individual information lists >>OCCUPATION. How do the rest of you handle this. It will only take a >>date. A person especially these days may have several occupations over a >>span of 30 or so years. Often these occupations change to a great degree. >> One instance I know the man was a Doctor, then a Lawyer and finally the >>owner and operator of a Charter Fishing Service. How do you put a date in >>that block for that? I feel I must be missing something here with the >>need for one date and what sense does it make? Someone clue me in please. > >Well, IF I were using that slot, I'd use it for the occupation he had the >longest, and put the dates in for that. However, this seems to me to be >one of those slots which is most useful for distinguishing James Smith the >farmer from James Smith the gunsmith or James Smith the Senator. > >> Opps, while I am here there is one more thing-------- Graduation: >>Only one entry allowed. Can you put in both high school and college >>somehow? That's it. and thanks to all who answer with help. Carolyn > >Personally, I'd put in the most-recent graduation, on the assumption that >graduation from Graduate School pre-supposes a college graduation which in >turn presupposes a HS graduation. And, again speaking personally, I'd >ignore any "graduation" lower than HS. > >Cheryl > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >PAF @ FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service >http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/ >