If you use 'residence' events, or something similar (like many people do from census records), then I would use those to say that Thomas was a resident of Mendham at the time of the marriage and that Catherine and Joel were residents of Mendham after the marriage. If you prefer, you could alternatively state the same thing in General Notes or Marriage Notes, but then you have to use one of the techniques discussed previously on this list for indicating which source goes with which part of the notes (such as using the comment field in the source detail). From this source, you don't know anything about the locations of any births or marriages.
Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Recorded "of [PLACE]", and "Lived in [PLACE]" Scott Hall wrote: > Hey again ... > > Another question for the group. One of my principal sources has > information like this entry: > > 'Catherine married Joel C. Homan, son of Thomas H., of Mendham; lived > there, and had children:' > > I'm trying to figure out the best way to record in Legacy the "of" and > "lived". Do you create custom events and record it there? Add it to > the notes (which has source citation challenges)? Something else? > > Continued thanks from a Legacy newbie ... > > Scott > Nice one Scott! Firstly what does it mean? The marriage is clear, as is Joel's father, but who is "of Mendham, Joel or Thomas (btw. is it Thomas H. Homan, or Thomas Homan?)? If it refers to Joel then the implication is that Joel was born there, lived there and had his children there. So I would include it as the Source for Marriage, Birth, Residence and birth place of his kids (although this is open to question). If it refers to Thomas it could mean anything. Given the uncertainties of this very badly written source, I would only use it as a Source for the marriage, and Joel's parentage. I would put the extract in the Marriage Notes and the father's name/releationship; they are about the only things one can be sure of. Like many aspects of genealogy, at the end of the day it is your choice, and depends on how accurate you wish your records to be. Ron Ferguson 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
