Family Sharing and family calendar ???

Question

I've read that the Family Sharing feature in iOS 8 offers a family calendar.  Looking for some guidance on how it works pls.
We have four family members in our household, and each person has their own separate iCloud ID: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]  This allows each of us to have a separate email address, separate 5GB of storage, etc.  I have set up Family Sharing on all our devices.  I am the Family Organizer (in Apple terminology).
In addition to the separate calendar that each of us has with our individual iCloud ID's, my understanding is that we also can have a family calendar that all four of us can share.  I guess this would be a 5th calendar in our case: our four individual calendars plus the family calendar.  But I do not know how to set up the family calendar.  And once set up, I do not know how to specify that an entry should go on the family calendar versus going on my individual calendar.
Advice welcome.

Answer 1

Hi pomme4moi,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
When you set up Family Sharing and added your family members, this should have created a shared iCloud calendar called Family that the other four iCloud accounts can use.
Family Sharing creates a family calendar where everyone can view, add, or change events and appointments, and they can also get an alert when something changes. And anyone can use the Reminders app to send time or location reminders to the family. So when it’s picture day, pizza night, or just a trip to the beach, everyone’s in the know.
From:
Family Sharing
You can add an event to the Family calendar by adding the event as normal:
Add an event. Tap , then fill in the event details.
From:
Calendar at a glance - iPhone
From the add an event screen, swipe down and tap Calendar, then choose Family to add the event you're creating to the shared family calendar.
Best Regards,
Jeremy