New to Reunion. I am trying to understand the concept of Event vs. Fact. In the Sample Family Tree just about everything seems to go into Event. Yet, Education is a category that seems to be both an Event and Fact. Is better to think of a Fact as an attribute ? I assume the difference is very important when it comes to reports.
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Re: Events vs. Facts
Originally posted by drfiske View PostNew to Reunion. I am trying to understand the concept of Event vs. Fact. In the Sample Family Tree just about everything seems to go into Event. Yet, Education is a category that seems to be both an Event and Fact. Is better to think of a Fact as an attribute ? I assume the difference is very important when it comes to reports.
A fact doesn't.
What you record things as is really personal preference. For example, on Education, you might consider being a Harvard alumnus as a fact, but obtaining a B.A. degree from Harvard in 1953 an event.Dennis J. Cunniff
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Re: Events vs. Facts
Originally posted by drfiske View PostNew to Reunion. I am trying to understand the concept of Event vs. Fact. In the Sample Family Tree just about everything seems to go into Event. Yet, Education is a category that seems to be both an Event and Fact. Is better to think of a Fact as an attribute ? I assume the difference is very important when it comes to reports.
As a veteran user of Reunion (10+ years), I tend to go with, “if it has a date attached, it is an event” theory. Things that can be attributed to a person without a date (e.g.: Also Known As) can be recorded as a fact. That said, I agree that education info can fall into that grey area between event and fact. Your example is a good choice in that that when someone graduates from college, that occasion can, and should be, treated as BOTH an event and a fact! The graduation ceremony is the event and the degree is a fact. We as diligent researchers need to record BOTH parts!Arnold
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Re: Events vs. Facts
Originally posted by drfiske View PostNew to Reunion. I am trying to understand the concept of Event vs. Fact. In the Sample Family Tree just about everything seems to go into Event. Yet, Education is a category that seems to be both an Event and Fact. Is better to think of a Fact as an attribute ? I assume the difference is very important when it comes to reports.
Education - would be an even because there is a time period involved.====
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Re: Events vs. Facts
I agree; I record education as both an event and a fact.
Graduation on a date is an event and I add the degree in a note.
But I also add the degree and college as a fact.
I do the same with employment.
If I know the retirement date or dates of employment, they go down as facts. But if an obit only gives occupation and the name of the employer with no date, I record that as a fact.Researching DEBEE, FRERICHS/FREDERICKS, HAHNENENKAMP, JANCO, KOLK, PETRINI, WEISS
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