I create a source for everything, even my thoughts or verbal info from someone.
Ex. Recently a cousin had a son, he's a month old. According to his father's Facebook posts his name is Gage. So I added him to my db and attached a source citation of FB. Yes, I know unorthodox, and certainly not proper, but I never follow the norm. Now, according to Gage's grandmother, his name is Bengy. She refuses to call him anything else. So I added that name to my file, and sourced it as "Verbal conversation" and details of my aunt. This gives me certainty that 50 years from now when someone takes my DB and work, or sees a report I have done, they know my sources and can decide surety for themselves. Granted if I ever got a better source (ie birth cert), I would add it and move verbals and FB stuff to notes. Jessica Morgan On Aug 8, 2014, at 7:58 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: Bruce, I had a similar problem. What I did was add a V for verified in Privacy brackets to the name until I was happy I had verified a particular branch and added reliable sources and then removed it. So John [[V]] - I guess I could have gone the other way and had John [[nv]] for not verified. An alternative is to dedicate a tag number to the task and remove the tag when you are happy. But your idea of using the Ancestral File Number field is quite a good one as it can be displayed on Family View if it hasn't actually been used for the AFN. Also maybe helpful. On the Assigned Sources screen for each person, if you are showing all events, you'll find source fields for relationship to father and relationship to mother. You may find them helpful. In the Search, you can search for people with missing sources - a variety of alternatives on which fields to look at. This may help you identify the people who need more work and once identified the search list can be tagged. Cath y Larry Lee wrote: > Bruce, > > What version are you using? > > When you say "if it showed" are you referring to whether there is a > source attached to the information or a surety number for those that > do have an attached source? > > Source information does not show on the Pedigree View, however you can > do a Pedigree Report and select to display source citations as > footnotes under the Sources tab. You can do a preview or print the report. > > Larry Lee > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Bruce Jones <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have many individuals in my file. Many have no sources and I > don't remember where I got the name and information. > > O would like to have some indication when I feel comfortable about > the name and relationships. > It would be nice if it showed on the pedigree chart so I could > follow a line and see where to spend time in res earch. > The best I have come up with is to show it in the UserId or > Ancestral File Id fields (I'm not using either right now). > Am I missing a better way? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
