Of course - but I was asking the question about if I had found a bug or not, not "Hey where's my handout" That's why and how I knew about the other things of where to look and why I'm not tearing my hair out puzzled about where to look. It is Research "Guidance" afterall - and I wanted Guidance on that person.
On 26 December 2013 13:24, 2marion wimps <2wi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought Legacy was a programme to record your Family Tree with the > additional bonus of sometimes giving you ideas of where to look - not a one > stop department store - I thought the idea was they give you some ideas of > where you might find some locations but they aren't supposed to do the > research for you. That's how I use and see it anyway. > > > On 26 December 2013 11:04, Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Not the point though Michelle - I personally have some ideas, but Legacy >> is giving me no suggestions on where to look >> I do have a number of "Alt. Death" events for people who I am uncertain >> of when they died - even those don't help Legacy to give me hints like >> the regular normal ones >> of"Cemeteries, World-wide" or "England Probate Records" or "England/Wales >> Parish Register - Burials" etc >> It doesnt even have these as suggested soources for this person >> >> No, I didn't find the names from Obituaries, if I had, I'd have a death >> date or at least year for them >> I have the names from the baptisms of their children or their own >> marriage document, or from census records. >> No I can't always use the census records because some of these people >> died after the last available census for the area (ie 1911 in England) >> Yes, some did die between census records, and for those I don't need the >> hints because I have a very defined time frame. >> >> >> >> >> On 26 December 2013 11:04, Michele/Support >> <mich...@legacyfamilytree.com>wrote: >> >>> Kathy, >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you not estimate dates based on the information you have? I always >>> try to put in birth, date, marriages estimations. At the very least I put >>> in Bef. or Aft. Dates. Where did you get these names in the first place? >>> Census records? Obits? Even if you are 10 years off that is better than >>> no dates. As more info comes in, you can narrow the dates. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Michele >>> >>> Technical Support >>> >>> mich...@legacyfamilytree.com >>> >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 25, 2013 5:53 PM >>> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Research guidance - Goal with no suggestions >>> >>> >>> >>> to have to put in a date to get research guidance suggestions, also >>> defeats the purpose really. >>> >>> If I knew when someone died, I wouldn't need suggestions on where to >>> look for their death >>> >>> >>> >>> On 25 December 2013 22:37, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: >>> >>> On 25/12/2013 11:32, Kathy Thompson wrote: >>> > For one of my people, I have Zero suggested sources to try and find a >>> > death, no ignored sources either. >>> > >>> > How? I have a dozen kids, half a dozen residences, no death for the >>> person. >>> > Why do I not have suggested sources for finding a death? >>> >>> I've only looked at one person so far, but I had no death date for her >>> and zero suggested Sources in Research Guidance suggestions. Then I put >>> a year into the Death Date field and immediately lots of Sources >>> appeared. >>> >>> Presumably, this is a "design feature" but I don't like it. If I have >>> to put "any old date" in the field in order to get the suggestions, I am >>> quite likely to forget it is "any old" and think I have some evidence >>> for it and will restrict my researches to around that time. >>> >>> There must be lots of suggestions which could be made even without an >>> indication of what sort of time period one should be searching in. >>> >>> -- >>> Jenny M Benson >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> 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). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >> >> >> >> 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). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> > > > > 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). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > 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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