[LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Dave Hook
Out of curiousity, how do people deal with conflicting evidence and decisions about it in Legacy? For example, what do you do if you have a death certificate and a census record that give conflicting birth years and you have to make a decision as to which one is the more likely one. What I

RE: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Sarah
8:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence Out of curiousity, how do people deal with conflicting evidence and decisions about it in Legacy? For example, what do you do if you have a death certificate and a census record that give

RE: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Cary
Of Dave Hook Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence Out of curiousity, how do people deal with conflicting evidence and decisions about it in Legacy? For example, what do you do if you have a death

RE: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Marie Peer
Dave, I enter an Alt Birth event. Marie Dave, I personally would go with the death certificate in that instance. Many census, in my studies, are based on the age they say - not always accurate. Sarah Out of curiousity, how do people deal with conflicting evidence and decisions about it

RE: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Hook Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence Out of curiousity, how do people deal

Re: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Susan Daily
[I sent this reply to a similar question in June 2006, sorry for the repeat.] I actually do something a little differently then using the Alt-dates. In the Notes section of the Birth field, for example, I put in a little note in [[privacy]] brackets, so that I will know what all the variations