Hello Wayne and welcome to the group. Answers to your questions: Consumption is tuberculosis. You can find most of these old medical terms pretty easily by Googling define: consumption. When I cite a record containing an unfamiliar term, I put an asterisk after it; then at the bottom of the citation detail I'd put [*tuberculosis]. The brackets say that it's my explanation, not part of the cited text. You should never alter the original text in a quoted source.
Then some hints for future posts: Your messages should always be in Plain Text (no HTML), and please turn off the Read Receipt. Most people ignore it, but if they didn't, you could get dozens (perhaps hundreds) of meaningless e-mails. Also, the list is fairly strict about "off-topic" posts and yours is borderline. There are some excellent lists at RootsWeb where you can ask just about anything: Roots-L and GenNewbie are two. http://rootsweb.com/ Good luck with your research. You've made an excellent choice in using Legacy! Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wayne Boian Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:54 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death. I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of knowledge and understanding. I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to me. Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what about future readers of the information collected and printed out. My question for the group is really two parts. What is "consumption" as a cause of death? and As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined or translated into today's common language usage or should we enter the information "as is" in the original documents. There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the more accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes. Thanks for your time Wayne Boian 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
