John, Very nice site, easy to understand & use. Ann
----- Original Message ----- From: "John B. Lisle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering uncertain information [was: Three questions] > Peter, > > Technically, every name variation that you find is an alternate name. > You need to pick one for the primary name that is your best > evaluation based on the evidence you have. > > You should document each name variation with where you found it and > how it appears. Based on the variations of old writing, I have gone > back to sources after I found better evidence to make sure I took the > best "guess" at how to read something. > > I now transcribe all of the census data under the head of household > for each census event. I copy that event to others who are listed. (I > usually do not copy event to minor children unless I have a special > interest in that child.) I can always go back to the recording and > update it if I find I guessed wrong. > > Here is an example from one of my web sites: > > http://www.lislefamily.org/stedman/tng/getperson.php?personID=I340&tree=stedman_stafford > > john. > > At 05:19 PM 4/19/2006, Peter Chalmers wrote: > >As we're discussing "standard" ways of entering things, how do > >people enter information (other than dates) that they're not sure > >about? For example, I'm busy going through census entries and adding > >them to Legacy. In a number of cases, either the given name or a > >middle initial is not easily readable and I have to make a "best > >guess". Sometimes it is corroborated elsewhere later, sometimes it > >isn't. At the moment, in order to mark the fact that I'm not very > >confident about a name I enclose it in angle brackets e.g. "John > ><B.> Smith" - but I'm sure this'll have some disadvantages that I > >won't find out about until I've got hundreds of them to change :-)! Any > >views? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Pete C. > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 > Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.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%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.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%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
