Pat: For estimated locations I used to use "probably Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony" but then my Master Location list got too full of "probablies" and it wasn't clear whether "probably" was qualifying Bridgewater or Plymouth Colony or both. Now I'm using a format like this: Bridgewater [probably], Plymouth Colony. At least all the Bridgewater locations sort near each other and I don't feel the estimated location needs any further explanation or additional source. The only potential problem is that a reader would overlook the placement of the comma and interpret it as Bridgewater, [probably] Plymouth Colony. Hopefully that won't be an issue.
And thanks to Legacy for making these types of changes relatively easy! Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pat Hickin Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:48 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List--use of brackets? Let's say I have a census or other source that says the subject was a miller in 1850 and lived in Smith Co., ST. I enter this info as an event ("Occupation") and I assume this was in the same county so I add the county part in brackets in the location field (especially since I know he lived on the border between Smith and Jones counties). Or I assume that he died in a particular county though my source doesn't say that he did. And I indicate in the citation that I got the date only from the source (and the brackets show that I've added the location -- I might even add a ? in front of the closing bracket). I don't especially like this way of handling it, in part because it messes up the Master locations list. But at least the viewer knows the info may be a bit iffy when s/he looks at the family, etc., view. Of course I can always give the source for the location as "My assumption." But I'm wondering how others handle this kind of thing? I'm sure there must be a better way of handling this. -- Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
