Exhibits tied to events

[rlgleason51 0]

Up til now, I have always tied exhibits to individuals, such as including a jpg of a census form with the individual listed. I learned about tagging exhibits to events through Terry Reigle's article in the RUG newsletter. When I tried it, I did not work as I would have thought.

 

I expected that the exhibit would be shown for every person listed for the event. Maybe I missed this in the article, but how is tagging an exhibit to an event supposed to work?

[Terry Reigel 0]

Bob,

 

Shown where? The event tag appears for each person in the person view. The exhibit is available from the tag no matter which person you are viewing when you open it. Or do you mean something else?

[rlgleason51 0]

Maybe I am not understanding the concept or my expectations are not what they should be. My thought was that when set to an event, the exhibit would appear for all persons associated with that event.

 

My great grand father, his wife, and son were listed in the 1860 NY state census. While in the person view for my GGF, I created an 1860 NY census tag; listed wife and son as witnesses with roles of 'wife' and 'with parents' respectively, and linked a copy of the 1860 state register to that event.

 

However, while the exhibit shows up in my GGF exhibit list (person focus), the exhibit does not show up for his wife and son, unless I make the focus an event, in which case all my event exhibits appear, regardless of who are (or are not) listed as witnesses.

 

Obviously, I am having a disconnect.

[Jim Byram 0]

In the Exhibit Log, it shows for the Principals linked to the event assuming that the option to show event exhibits is selected (the default).

 

In a narrative report, it can show wherever a sentence for the event appears (although not in a very satisfactory manner).