Re: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-12 Thread Wendy Howard
Michelle said: "I would also like to add that there is no way to source the date of birth (or death) separately from the place of birth (or death). It is very common to have different sources for these two things." That is why I use the Alt events, as I described in another post a few days ago.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-12 Thread MVMcgrs
I've been asking for this for years. It was possible in the old Roots programs way back when we used DOS. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certifie

RE: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-12 Thread Michele Lewis
[mailto:westernspi...@shaw.ca] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender Tony I would suggest putting your findings in the Notes for the individual. You may also put in an Alt Birth using the same birth

Re: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-11 Thread Western Spirit Wood Creations
Tony I would suggest putting your findings in the Notes for the individual. You may also put in an Alt Birth using the same birth information but adding a note that the 1891 Census contains an error on gender and sourcing it with the 1901 and 1911 Censuses. If you also use new.FamilySearch verify t

[LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-11 Thread Tony Rolfe
The 1891 census shows Bertie Knight as a 4-year-old daughter. I added her as such. Then she appeared in 1901 as a 14-year-old son, working as a hay binder. In 1911, she is also a son and still working as a hay binder. It seems reasonably obvious that he was mislabelled in 1891, so I clicked the