Pardon for coming in late on this tread. After keeping all these events, and then wanting a "cleaner" or "shorter" report, I think I would make the Alt Birth and Dispr Birth events private and not including private events.
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Heather Stovold <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is what I do... (and yes, I mention every source...) > > So, with the four census, where I am calculating his birth, for the birth > information I would have > > Birth Field -> Cal 1825 - with the 4 sources. (I don't use the date > range the census was taken, as I assume some rounding, etc anyway for an age > in a source. > > Now we are given Aug 1824 in the 1900 census.... > > So, I create an Alt. Birth event, put in Aug 1924 with the 1900 census > source. As I consider it likely to be more accurate - I tell the program to > switch it with the Birth Event... so I now have > > Birth -> Aug 1824 with the 1900 source > Alt. Birth -> Cal 1825 with the 4 other census sources. > > Now we have the Death Certificate, that says 15 Aug 1824 As this > matches, I am likely to put. Now if it didn't match, say it said 15 Aug > 1828, I would have to decide which I felt was most likely with the > sources. > > Birth -> 15 Aug 1824 with the Death Certificate sources... > Alt. Birth -> Aug 1824 with the 1900 source > Alt. Birth -> Cal 1825 with the other 4 census sources. > > Now, if it was a calculated birth date with the age at death instead of a > specific date, then I would have basically the same things, with the Cal > before the birth date. > > Now, I haven't totally been consistant with this I must admit. I have with > some of my people combined it all (if consistant!!!) into the Birth field, > and had ALL the sources linked to it... and in the source information had > what EXACTLY it said.... This works well too.... which is why I haven't > been consistant. > > If I had a source that said the person born on say 31 Jan 1821 for the > same person, and I am very sure it is wrong, I will still keep the > information, but will change the Alt. Birth to Dispr. Birth (or something > like that? for Disproved Birth) and keep the source. > > This way, If I see some other source with that date, I know where it might > have come from, or might know there is someone with same name etc in the > area that i have to watch out for confusion etc. > > By keeping all the sources, and all the information I get from each one, I > don't keep checking the same source over and over. If I see someone with > different information, I know where they likely got it from, or I have > enough information to know why i think it happened the way I think it > happened, or I might know to re-evaluate my own information. If I remove > sources, how do I know why I decided what I did? > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Scott Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We could continue the example with other records that corroborrate or >> conflict, such as obituaries, cemetery indexes, tombstones, etc. All >> have varying levels of surety. You want to know that you reviewed >> each source, so as not to duplicate your work, but do you want a >> catalog of every source you've ever looked at? If not, how do you >> balance keeping track of what you've reviewed, having sufficient >> sources such that the conclusion can be reasonably supported, and >> keeping your data file neat and organized and your reports crisp and >> not burdened with excessive redundancy? >> >> Scott >> > > > 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 > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > 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
