There are some ideas in the Legacy News article entitled "How to Record Conflicting Information" available at http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2006/01/how_to_record_c.html.
Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather Stovold Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] How do you personally put in information that you think is incorrect.... My father and I have been working on one of our Ancestors for 40 years now (he is our brick wall.) I recently discovered that one of the sources we had used for some information probably does not pertain to this ancestor after all. My father had "found" our ancestor living in a Mental Assylum in the Canadian 1881 Census, under the name of McCasline (our name is McCaslin...). From that information and further research, we had an exact death date and place (from the assylum), a calculated birthdate (a few years off our other calculated birthdate), and some other information. The rest of the family had not been found on the census. I have since discovered that ancestor AND most of the Family living in the same county as they did in 1871 - but under McCastin (the t didn't match the l in Soundex, but of course looks very similar!) The information matches the information from the other census's. So either the McCasline was the wrong person - or he was sometimes at the assylum, and sometimes at home - and got counted twice. (so obviously I need to do more research....) So now the question. I do have what I've found commented in the notes. I don't want to just remove the information from the files.... but I don't want to get confused either, thinking I have the definate information when it is now put under a great amount of doubt. And even if I do disprove the information, I don't want to just remove it either, as others might make the same mistake? So - how do you put disproved or doubtful information (that others might find and think is right) into Legacy in such a way that it is totally clear it is disproved or doubtful? I do realize there isn't 1 right way - but I'd like to hear what people would suggest! Thanks! *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
