Re: [Gramps-users] Guidance on using shared events

[Peter L. <pet...@te...>]

> Unfortunately, not so for windows. The version I have is their latest,
> and 415 days old as of today. However, when I downloaded it a couple of
> weeks ago, I was impressed at how much GRAMPS had improved over the last
> time I had used it, 3-4 years ago.
You find Gramps version 3.2.3-1 for Windows, dated 2010-05-17, here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/
 
/Peter

> I'm dusting off the ubuntu box as we speak!
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> On 6/15/2010 12:44 PM, � wrote:
> > Note that 3.1.1 is not the most recent, it actually is from over a year
> > ago.  There have been 6 newer releases of Gramps since then!
> > (http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Previous_releases)
> >
> > Version 3.2.3 is the most recent, and is available on SourceForge:
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/
> >
> > Stéphane
> >
> >
> >
> > 2010/6/15 Jim Poteet <jim...@bl...
> > <mailto:jim...@bl...>>
> >
> >     Thanks for the advice. I'm an on-again/off-again user of gramps, and
> >     what I was doing just didn't feel right, so I've undone the shared
> >     events.
> >
> >     I am using the latest version (3.1.1) of GRAMPS windows and the
> >     person editor does not show family events. I've got a ubuntu box, so
> >     I may try installing there to check our a later version.
> >
> >     Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
> >     On 6/15/2010 12:06 AM, � wrote:
> >
> >             However, I have started adding these births as shared events
> >             in the
> >             father's and mother's entries as well. This allows me to see
> >             a list of
> >             the individual's children in the individual's entry rather
> >             than having
> >             to go to the family entry to find them.
> >
> >
> >         I personally only share birth events between twins.  This way
> > when I find additional information on the birth and add a note (for
> > example)
> >         they both immediately have it.
> >
> >         I'd go as far as saying I don't think you should share the
> > child's birth into the parent.  Seems like the wrong way to do things.
> > Among
> >         other things, it will probably really mess things up if you ever
> >         decide to share your database with a family member, especially
> >         if that
> >         person is not using Gramps.
> >
> >         If this is a usability thing, you may want to enter a feature
> >         request
> >         instead.  For example, in the newer version(s?) of Gramps, I see
> > the "Person Editor" now lists both events for the person, as well as
> > events in a family.  Would it be helpful if this event viewer also showed
> > a subset of events from children in these families?
> >
> >         St�phane
> 
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