Jerry,
In a word ‘yes’ you are correct. You can use the word probably in the event description field although in the sentence that is written it will read Alt. birth probably [date] [location] which would look awkward. I just add the location that I think is correct and then in the notes list out reasons. i.e. Alt. birth 28 Feb 1928 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States and in the notes I write something like… Her family was residing in Indianapolis in the 1928 directory and 1930 US census. Assuming she was born in Indianapolis but to date have not been able to locate a birth certificate. Note: in my location I do not use ‘probably’ or any brackets, etc. which make it easy to ‘swap’ the information to the individual fields once I find verification of her birth. Angela From: Jerry [mailto:jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:14 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town I can appreciate the option about the Alt. Birth, but if a place name is put into the place name field on the events list for Alt. Birth, doesn't that also show up in the normal place list? But there is that extra description column that could be used for the "probably" that would not show up in the location list. Am I correct about that? --Jerry On 10/05/2011 02:00 PM, ajg wrote: Ron, I do something a little different than many of the other suggestions… on the individual information screen I do not enter a location for birth, death, etc unless I have verification of an actual location. I use the events/facts section and have an “alt. birth”, “alt. death”, etc event where I list the location where I suspect an event occurred and then list the reasons/sources. I also use this same method for dates that I am unsure of. This way I am not transferring/posting information that I have not verified through gedcoms, etc; doesn’t mess up my locations list; easily gives me information through notes as to why I think an particular location is probable and lastly.. that big blank spot in their birth/death field quickly tells me that I still have research to complete for this ancestor. It is also very easy to ‘swap’ information from the ‘alt. birth’ event to the individual birth event by using the options button on the right side of the individual information screen. Angela From: Rob Vader [mailto:r.va...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 3:12 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town Hi, I would like the view of the users of this forum on how to register a 'probable' town. So someone is born (ofcourse always....) but it is nopt entirely sure in what town. If I now would note down in Legacy (e.g.) "London?" or soemthing like "prob. London" then it would enter as another town/city than London. That is not what I want. Is there something similare for names of cities like approximate dates? Or how would you advice? -- Greetings, Rob Vader Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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