Thanks, Tracy, for your helpful suggestions/ideas! I especially like the way you handle details as you explain in 1).
I sometimes put in info I've guessed at and I have a bunch of master sources like My assumption My guess My guesstimate My estimate My memory My knowledge and then I sometimes add "as to DOB" or DOD or DOM or POB or POD or POM or whatever and of course add the date of my entry. I enter myself as the author. I notice Legacy accepts a "Cal" in front of dates for "calculated," which I like. Also you can do a "Cal ca" and it doesn't interfere with the accuracy of a sort on date of event. I think that's great. Pat > Hi Pat > I've had similar deals where others have given their research and find > that there are differences to vital details, as per most guidelines I > try to verify with other sources. I create a new source for each line > of research received, when I add their information to my file, I also > enter their details as listed into Source Detail Text. I use old > cataloguing rules of using [] for anything I've added to their text. > > 1) I started using a separate event for each source, then streamlined > to this - When the vital information has no conflicts I usually attach > each source to the same event [vital info or events] and enter their > details with my own [] listing of what was missing in Source Detail > Text. > eg birth details 1 Jan 1909 Hobart, TAS, AUS == 1 entry & 2 sources > source 1 Detail Text - include it as shown - b, 1 Jan 1909 [no bp] > source 2 Detail Text - b. 1909 Hobart > > when the information differs - I use an event such as Birth & Alt. > Birth etc or leave the field blank and add these conflicts to a Notes > Field, it shows each difference until I can verify/disprove them. > > 4) I enter what burial details are available, if there is a date of > burial I estimate the date of death with 'Est' until I can > verify/disprove details. I've found in Australia that burials until > recent decades were on the day of death or within a few days. > > eg burial records give burial date & age - I try to put in at least > the State & Country > b. Est Jan 1920 NSW, AUS > d. Est Oct 1920 NSW, AUS > bur. 23 Oct 1920, Broken Hill Cemetery, Broken Hill, NSW, AUS > Details Text bur. 23-Oct-1920 Broken Hill Cemetery, Age 9MTHS > > I'm sure there is more I could add or not use, but its working for me. > I like to have something to try to put a timeline on people and in > other areas use Legacy Approximate Date guide with 'Est' and explain > in Citation details how I got that date or details: > > "Approximating Dates > If you have a birth or marriage date for an individual, you can > approximate many other missing dates. In general you can estimate > that a man was married when he was 25 and a woman when she was 21. > You can then estimate that their first child was born one year later > and that subsequent children were born every two years after that." > > Be practical, consistent and enter information in a way that you will > understand when ages later you get back to verify/disprove it. Have > fun! > > Cheers > Tracy 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
