[I sent this reply to a similar question in June 2006, sorry for the repeat.]
I actually do something a little differently then using the Alt-dates. In the Notes section of the Birth field, for example, I put in a little note in [[privacy]] brackets, so that I will know what all the variations are, but will only print out one in a report, as that is all my relatives would care to see. Here is one example: [[Various ages have been given as follows: 1856 28 Jan - Marriage - age 40 [b. 1815] 1870 28 Jul - Census - age 57 [b. 1812] 1880 5 Jun - Census - age 75 [b. 1805] 1885 6 Feb - Death - age 73 [b. 1811] ]] I then chose to put "Abt 1811" in the birth date field. Sometimes I find I use the month listed in the 1900 census, and a year averaged out from all the various ages listed in the censuses or other sources. Having the note makes me aware of how I determined the date. I might only provide one or two sources, too. Hope this idea is useful to someone Susan Daily p.s. Here is another example where I show my reasoning in the birth notes. I use the date 9 Aug 1835 for the birthdate: "[[ 22 Aug 1835 - Baptism record for same parents 22 May 1859 - Marriage record says he was age 22, b.c. 1836 Sep 1860 - Census says he was 23, b.c. 1837 Oct 1867 - John provides birth date on naturalization papers of 24 Jun 1838 Aug 1870 - Census says he was age 34 on 1 Jun 1870, b.c. 1835 Jun 1880 - Census says he was age 44 on 1 Jun 1880, b.c. 1835 May 1891 - Poll book lists age as 54, b.c. 1836 May 1892 - Poll book lists age as 55, b.c. 1836 May 1893 - Poll book lists age as 56, b.c. 1836 May 1896 - Poll book lists age as 59, b.c. 1836 May 1900 - Poll book lists age as 63, b.c. 1836 Jun 1900 - census says he was age 61, born August 1838 May 1910 - census says he is age 73, b.c. 1836 Apr 1915 - Poll book lists age as 79, b.c. 1835 22 Oct 1916 - Death certificate gives age (79y 2m 13d) indicating birth date was 9 Aug 1837 In the list of all the dates that John used for his birth, twice it came up August, and once it was June. In two censuses, the year matches 1835. In the beginning, I think he wanted to appear younger when he got married; for the Naturalization papers, was it common to "throw off" the government by giving a wong date?]]" On 1/25/07, Dave Hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Out of curiousity, how do people deal with conflicting evidence and decisions about it in Legacy? For example, what do you do if you have a death certificate and a census record that give conflicting birth years and you have to make a decision as to which one is the more likely one. What I do is use the 'Research' tab of the notes to record the conflicting evidence and my decision process and then exclude the research tab from any reports. Does anyone else have a technique that they use? Dave Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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/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
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