* Historical timeline

[peterbel]

I was reading a fact based Historical Novel recently and it occurred to me that some important national/local events that I reading about were taking place in the very same years as the relatives I was researching. It seemed to add some context to my dry facts.
I wondered if there was in any merit in documenting some of them, say: Event, Date, Location, and making them visible in the data.
Quite how I am not sure, it just seemed an attractive idea.

[ColeValleyGirl]

This has come up before -- see Historical Event Timeline (13878) and Add Historical details to narrative report (17438) for some ideas.

[tatewise]

Those threads are supported by fhugdownloads:queriesfact|> Downloads and Links ~ Query Type: Fact with Timeline ... as their focus.

[peterbel]

I guessed that it wouldn't have been an original thought !

I have quickly read the posts and the Query solution seems closest to what I had envisaged.
I had imagined (in my perfect world ) the historical events would be visible on an Individuals Facts tab as a Timeline Fact that could be selected through its dialog and so could be toggled on and off.
The Historical Facts themselves could perhaps be a base data file that can be user edited and shared in the Forum.

Well I can dream