Thanks, Ron. That's certainly sound practice. Sometimes, however, I'm not even certain of the country although it seems fairly obvious. In some cases I'm not likely to ever find any documentation. A Pierre Dumas who had 9 children and died in Acadia in 1660, for example, was surely born in France. My paternal great-grandparents were most likely born in Norway as were their children (for whom I have evidence). In those cases, I'd really like to at least identify their origin as probably France and probably Norway, even without a shred of proof. The main things my kids care about, genealogically speaking, is, "Where are we from?" At minimum I'd like to make an educated guess as to the country, while eliminating my list of 120+ "probablies."
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:44 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Estimated Locations Kirsten, I have not found any acceptable way around this problem so I use the smallest geographical area that I am certain of , this may be the name of a country, a county a city or what have you. I may put a comment in the notes if I think that there is a specific place but cannot prove it. There is a circumstance in which I do use angle brackets. In the English/Welsh 1841 census it recorded the birth place as only "within county" or "outside county" or country name if not England/Wales. I do, therefore, have angle brackets when I have no idea where someone was born, except that it was eg "not Westmorland" which I record as: <Not Westmorland>. It should also be noted that where a birth is registered (in the UK) is not necessarily where they were born - this actually applies to me. Ron Ferguson 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
