When I have a split info source, in the detail I put 'only date' or 'only place', I also have a source called My Guesses. In the notes for this I explain what I did and WHY An example is a birth date for a wife with no clues, I make her 2-5 years younger, rounding to a multiple of 5 years. If I later get a real date, I know to lose my guess right away. Rich
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Some other sourcing and data problems: > > How do you handle these: > > 1) E.g., for birth info, you get the place from one > source, the year from > another, the exact date from another, yet Legacy doe > not make it clear as > to which source goes with which data. I can of > course add it in the > detail, but I wish that could be done > automatically-- i.e., with > superscript numerals. I suppose that would get way > too complicated. > > 2) You get back 6 generations and have two different > sets of parents for > the same individual -- picked up from someone else's > research and no > sources for either. How do you enter the info when > you have no idea which > is correct -- if either? > > 3) Where a person dies is not usually so important > as where he was living > at the time of his death, and just because he was > living in County X > doesn't mean that he died in County X. How do you > handle that kind of > info? > > 4) You know where he was buried,but you don't know > where he died. Yet > burial info doesn't show e.g., on a pedigree report. > > 5) Since his parents lived their entire lives in > County X, it's reasonable > to assume he was born there, but his mother could > have gone to visit her > mother in County Y for the delivery. How do you > handle info that is > PROBABLY true but you don't really have any way of > KNOWING? It's > disconcerting not to have ANY idea where someone was > living. > > 6) For your research Notes you've used 5 different > sources, yet the > research sources just lump them all together. (In > the research notes I > always give the source and date I am entering the > info, then give the info > itself, and separate each batch of info with a > string of plus signs before > entering something from a different source. But > this won't make very > smooth reading. I don't suppose there's anyway of > attaching a WordPerfect > or even .pdf document with standard documentation in > lieu of the Research > notes. I suppose one could create and paste in a > Word/WordPerfect > document, use numbers in parentheses instead of > superscript numerals and > have the sources/endnotes at the end and then also > enter the sources > separately in the usual way so they'll show up in a > bibliography/Master > Source List. Does anyone have another way of > handling this matter? > > I'll appreciate ideas/practices on any of these! > > Pat > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable > archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
