On 13/08/2010 13:06, Barbara Thomas wrote: > Since the availability of the Probate Records I have been adding a Probate > Event to the deceased as it allows me to show who they chose as executors > and how large (or small) their estate was. I feel that this helps build up > a picture of my ancestors which is what family history is all about.
I record who the Executors are in the Notes for the Will Event of the Testator (as well as an Executor/Executrix Event for the person concerned if they figure in my database) and have used an Estate Event in the past when I knew (from a newspaper listing for example) what the person left but didn't have details of the Probate. Now that I have decided to follow Ron in not giving the Testator a Probate Event, I will continue to use the Estate Event when I have details of the Probate. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
