How to inlcude a list of dates in biography

Question

Hi everyone, I've been away from WikiTree for a while and have lost touch with the rules around a profile conforming to standard. I'm researching an individual for a museum I volunteer at and this person has moved jobs about 9 or 10 times, it is employment that the museum relates to (a steam railway).

I have the employment records from ancestry and want to put a timeline together or where he worked, when and in what role and a simple list seems easiest, but I don;t want to breach the standards either as this will be an open profile.

something like the below is what I envisage, describing all the tranfers in words gets very cumbersome.

• 1902 Joined the company as a porter
• 1904 moved to station B as yardman-porter
• 1906 returned to station A as signaller
• etc

suggestions welcomed,

 

Answer 1

Hi Alison, if you have Sources then it is always best to do inline Sourcing within the Biography, however you can use bullet lists or Numbered lists as R has mentioned. All of the above are acceptable.Sound like you have a treasure chest of info there, well done. Please share your progress with us.

Comments

It's still very much in progress: but is what I had hoped to achieve.

 

he London Transport Staff Registers^[3]chart Walter's railway career:

• 2 Jun 1904 - Appointed to the Metropolitan Company
• 2 Apr 1906 - Appointed to the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee
• 29 Jan 1907 - Transferred to Winslow Road Station - Porter ^[4]
• 8 Aug 1907 - Transferred to Waddesdon Manor Station

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PS - yes, that is the Rothschild's Waddesdon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

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That looks Great, I love inline Sourcing.

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I had a look at the link that you posted and I was blown away, wow what a treasure trove of information that is, you are so lucky.

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I can't belive just how good it is either Shaun. There are other railwaymen who died in the "great war" that also worked at at the same place, so I think I've started a long term project, the editor of the museum's newsletter has aksed for an article so better polish it up :)

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Wow, yes enjoy. A lot of resources in hand but a lot of work too. It will be a challenge that I'm sure you will enjoy and get great satisfaction from, it all looks very interesting.

Answer 2

Alison,

I think you are maybe looking for the " * "  (asterisk  creates bullet lists)

Try it in a profile and then preview it.  See if that's what you're looking to do.

 The *  creates bullet lists when placed before each item in the list.

The # creates numbered lists (with the symbol before each item in the list.)

I hope I'm not saying something that's missing your point.

Reba

Comments

Well said R, thank you. You are right on the point and your description is superb.

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Thank you - that's just what I was looking for, I'll give it a go....