Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Krones2004]

Hi Wayne:
   
  In Legacy Notes there is a tab for Medical where there is a spot to put the 
cause of death. I usually put down exactly what the death certificate says. 
Then, if it is something that is old fashioned or in "medicalese", I put an 
explanation of the term below the Cause of Death in the Notes section.
   
  There is a web site on Roots Web that lists Old Time Disease Names. I've 
printed it out for my research book. It's about 12 pages long.  Here's the URL:
   
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/disease.htm
   
  If the disease I'm looking for is not there, then I Google for it.
   
  Hope this helps,
  Peggy
  

Wayne Boian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of 
knowledge and understanding.
   
  I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors 
died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to me. 
Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what about 
future readers of the information collected and printed out.  
   
  My question for the group is really two parts. 
  What is "consumption" as a cause of death?
   
  and
   
  As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields 
in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined or 
translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter the 
information "as is" in the original documents.
   
  There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the more 
accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.
   
  Thanks for your time
  Wayne Boian
   
   
   
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RE: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Kirsten Bowman]

Hello Wayne and welcome to the group.  Answers to your questions:

Consumption is tuberculosis.  You can find most of these old medical terms
pretty easily by Googling define:  consumption.  When I cite a record
containing an unfamiliar term, I put an asterisk after it; then at the
bottom of the citation detail I'd put [*tuberculosis].  The brackets say
that it's my explanation, not part of the cited text.  You should never
alter the original text in a quoted source.

Then some hints for future posts:  Your messages should always be in Plain
Text (no HTML), and please turn off the Read Receipt.  Most people ignore
it, but if they didn't, you could get dozens (perhaps hundreds) of
meaningless e-mails.  Also, the list is fairly strict about "off-topic"
posts and yours is borderline.  There are some excellent lists at RootsWeb
where you can ask just about anything:  Roots-L and GenNewbie are two.

http://rootsweb.com/

Good luck with your research.  You've made an excellent choice in using
Legacy!

Kirsten

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Subject: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.


I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of
knowledge and understanding.

I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors
died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to
me. Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what
about future readers of the information collected and printed out.

My question for the group is really two parts.
What is "consumption" as a cause of death?

and

As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields
in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined
or translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter the
information "as is" in the original documents.

There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the more
accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.

Thanks for your time
Wayne Boian







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Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Elizabeth Cunningham]

Consumption is the old name for tuberculosis.  I lot of my ancestors had 
it too.


  Elizabeth C

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Wayne Boian wrote:

I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of 
knowledge and understanding.
 
I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my 
ancestors died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is 
meaningless to me. Probably because I am just getting started, that is 
a given. But what about future readers of the information collected 
and printed out.  
 
My question for the group is really two parts.

What is "consumption" as a cause of death?
 
and
 
As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various 
fields in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) 
be defined or translated into today's common  language usage or should 
we enter the information "as is" in the original documents.
 
There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the 
more accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.
 
Thanks for your time

Wayne Boian
 
 
 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Michele Lewis]

Consumption = Tuberculosis

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From: Wayne Boian

To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:54 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.


I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of 
knowledge and understanding.


I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors 
died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to 
me. Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what 
about future readers of the information collected and printed out.


My question for the group is really two parts.
What is "consumption" as a cause of death?

and

As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields 
in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined 
or translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter the 
information "as is" in the original documents.


There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the more 
accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.


Thanks for your time
Wayne Boian



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Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Claude Ortega]

Dear Wayne Boian: 



 At 2007-02-27, 13:54:00 you wrote: 

I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of knowledge 
and understanding.

I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors died 
from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to me. 
Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what about 
future readers of the information collected and printed out.  

My question for the group is really two parts. 
What is "consumption" as a cause of death?

and

As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields in 
the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined or 
translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter the 
information "as is" in the original documents.

There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the more 
accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.

Thanks for your time
Wayne Boian




= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Hi Wayne,
Welcome to the wonderful world of genealogy research.  :-)
Consumption = pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
You can find out more about it by doing a search using Google or one of the 
other search engines.
I would enter the stated diagnosis and an explaination/definition in the event 
record.
Best regards. 

Claude Ortega
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2007-02-27



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Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Susan Daily]

Wayne,
The nice thing about Legacy is it provides an area of cause of death
and then and area for Medical Notes. You can use these to your
advantage in a few ways.

If you run into a term you don't recognize, you can look it up here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwkidz/oldmedterm.htm
Consumption is defined as Tuberculosis.

Now you can list either as the cause of death, but I prefer to use the
old terminology since it gives the family history flavor. You can put
(Tuberculosis) in parenthesis to educate your modern readers who
haven't done genealogy. (As you guessed, nearly all experienced
genealogists have run across this word before!)

Legacy also allows for [[Private]] notes that can be viewable to you,
but not printed out in a report, if you select that as an option. So
you can choose to define some more obscure terminology that way for
your own use, or for printing in a report. Edema is one word that I've
explained in further detail this way.

I hope this helps.
Susan

On 2/27/07, Wayne Boian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

My question for the group is really two parts.
What is "consumption" as a cause of death?
and
As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields
in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined
or translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter the
information "as is" in the original documents.



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Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Sara Binkley Tarpley]

Consumption is an old term for tuberculosis.  I do not define or restate
causes of death.

Sara Binkley Tarpley

On 2/27/07, Wayne Boian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of
knowledge and understanding.

I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors
died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to
me. Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what
about future readers of the information collected and printed out.

My question for the group is really two parts.
What is "consumption" as a cause of death?

and

As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various
fields in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be
defined or translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter
the information "as is" in the original documents.

There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the
more accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.

Thanks for your time
Wayne Boian




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Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

[Ed Barnard]

Wayne,

As a general rule of thumb, let google be your friend! I typed in

genealogy medical terms

and came up with several pages containing exactly what you're seeking. 
Consumption is tuberculosis, but of course you'll find other terms equally 
mystifying. Google can help!

Generally speaking, when you're literally transcribing old documents, you 
should transcribe them precisely as-is. Particularly as a beginner (we've all 
been there!) you might mis-interpret something. Whereas, if you transcribe it 
literally, the information might mean something to another researcher - or it 
might mean more to you a year later. You can always add explanations. "Died of 
consumption [tuberculosis]."

If you don't have much experience with the handwriting of 100-300 years ago, 
you might search for help there as well. A lot of Census transcriptions done by 
beginners, misread the handwriting. As you can well imagine, reading a name 
correctly can make all the difference in the world to your research!

Best Regards,

  Ed Barnard in Minnesota

-- Original Message ---
From: "Wayne Boian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To:  
Sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:54:10 -0500 
Subject: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

> I am just getting started in genealogy, so please excuse my lack of knowledge 
> and understanding.
>  
> I am doing research on the Boian family and found that one of my ancestors 
> died from "consumption". That term as a cause of death, is meaningless to me. 
> Probably because I am just getting started, that is a given. But what about 
> future readers of the information collected and printed out.  
>  
> My question for the group is really two parts. 
> What is "consumption" as a cause of death?
>  
> and
>  
> As a matter of procedure when entering notes or data into the various fields 
> in the program, should words like "consumption" (as used above) be defined 
> or translated into today's common  language usage or should we enter the 
> information "as is" in the original documents.
>  
> There is always two sides to every coin, but was wondering what is the more 
> accepted practice (as is Vs re-define) when entering data or notes.
>  
> Thanks for your time
> Wayne Boian
>  
>  
>  
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