* Family Reunions

[JDewberry]

Has anyone tried to document family reunions within FH? I’m thinking of creating a reunion event and document the hosting person(s), event location and each attendee.

[tatewise]

Welcome to the FHUG.

In many respects, it would be similar to a Census Event where all household members share the same Source Citation.
In this case, the Reunion Event participants would share a common Source Citation.
The hosting person would be akin to the Head of the household.

[Jean001]

I have done this.

I create a Source in which to store the information (Text From Source). Any Media is linked to the Source.

I have a Custom Fact which I copy to all the Individuals concerned. (I do not use 'Witnesses'.) I set the Fact as an 'Attribute' and put a brief note in the 'Value' field (e.g. 'Smith family reunion', 'Aunt Joan's 90th birthday tea party').

I have also done something similar for Wedding Attendees and Funeral Attendees.

[NickWalker]

If you happen to be an Ancestral Sources user, you could create a 'census' template for this kind of thing to record who attended a gathering. In the template you can specify a custom event to use rather than a census event.

[JDewberry]

I have done this.

I create a Source in which to store the information (Text From Source). Any Media is linked to the Source.

I have a Custom Fact which I copy to all the Individuals concerned. (I do not use 'Witnesses'.) I set the Fact as an 'Attribute' and put a brief note in the 'Value' field (e.g. 'Smith family reunion', 'Aunt Joan's 90th birthday tea party').

I have also done something similar for Wedding Attendees and Funeral Attendees.

Can you help me? I'm new with creating facts.

[Jean001]

The Family Historian in-built Help is a good starting point: 'Create Fact Definition Dialog' and 'Fact Definition Dialog'.

The FHUG Knowledge Base (see the link at the top of this page) has a range of useful articles. Look under 'Entering and Editing Data' for 'Facts'. 'Entering Standard and Custom Fields for Facts' is about Custom Facts.

The process is straightforward. Have a play in the Sample Project. Create an Event Fact Type and an Attribute Fact Type (give each a different name). Try out each to see which you prefer. That is, do you need/want the value field or not.

Get the basic Fact set up and you can fine-tune the sentence etc. later.

[trevorrix]

Video the event?

[JDewberry]

The Family Historian in-built Help is a good starting point: 'Create Fact Definition Dialog' and 'Fact Definition Dialog'.

The FHUG Knowledge Base (see the link at the top of this page) has a range of useful articles. Look under 'Entering and Editing Data' for 'Facts'. 'Entering Standard and Custom Fields for Facts' is about Custom Facts.

The process is straightforward. Have a play in the Sample Project. Create an Event Fact Type and an Attribute Fact Type (give each a different name). Try out each to see which you prefer. That is, do you need/want the value field or not.

Get the basic Fact set up and you can fine-tune the sentence etc. later.

Thanks!