I usually put the notation of an obituary in the Events section, noting the
name of the paper and the date of publication.
Then I "source" the obituary, using the newspaper as the source and I type
the full obit in the details section of the source. I will have already
entered all of the data for the newspaper source, i.e. name, place of
pulication and the repository where the paper is kept (in many cases it is a
specific library archives/newspaper morgue). The event is noted in most of
my print-outs, and the full citation is in the source - either at the end of
the report, or if you prefer - immediately after the event to which they
correspond.
By keeping the full obit in the source, I don't add clutter to a family
group sheet or a brief report someone else might want.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: P V Hays
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to Enter Obits?
I put my obits in the notes section and usually type out everything --
sometimes omitting pallbearers but have found they have given clues. I show
SR (for Sentinel Record), date of newspaper and sometimes page (but usually
forget that) and then the obit. If I decide not to type in the obit but am
using info from the obit for the source of dod, etc., I type in the dod, pod
and whatever and show a source that I have created that says obituary name
of newspaper and town and state of newspaper. Then in details, I show the
date and sometimes page of newspaper. If I don't know name of newspaper (it
was just given to me), I just show obituary with a detail of unknown
newspaper.
I have found obits to be a wonderful source of info. It is hard to figure
out who the parents are of surviving children (due to remarriage, etc) but a
lot of them show dob, pob, parents names of deceased and spouses. I realize
that info could have errors in it but so can the death certificate as
usually the informant for the dc is the same as the informant for the obit.
Obits are also a great source of a photo (even though it is sometimes not of
the best quality). One must be careful, however, to remember copyrights.
I think I will try the way of adding the obit after the death info but I
won't show the person who gave me the obit as the source -- don't get that??
They are not giving the info -- they just saved the newspaper -- am I not
correct?
Monty Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Death Notes" works best for me. It is reached by clicking on the "+" sign
at the end of the death location field on the "Individual Information"
screen. Also prints out well in reports.
Including the text in the obit source does not seem to work well, as it
separates all the good obit information from the rest of the personal data.
The name of the "nice person" sending you obits is your source! You could
add a note with details, such as her relationship to you, her address, and
that her original source is unknown.
Monty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Heckman"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Where to Enter Obits?
Hi LUG'ies!
Just curious--where do most of you enter the actual text of an obituary?
Should the obituary text be entered under a person's Events, cite the
Source, then in the Source Details window, do most of you enter the obit
under the Text tab?
Further, I have this nice person in my family who sends me tons of
obituaries (what a blessing!)of family members, many of whom I am
unfamiliar. It's great to get the obits, but she doesn't include any of
the source infomation: eg. newspaper name, published date, page, column.
How would you enter this obituary information? Create an "Unknown" source,
or create an "Obituary-on-File" source, then enter the obit in the Source
Details window?
Just wanna know what most of you do in these situations.
Thanks for the input!
Richard Heckman
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