Hi James, I have a number of titled gentry in my tree, from the middle ages and I put his title (Sir) in the Title Pre. and his Knight (Knt) or Baronet (Bt) in the Title Suf. Then should you know anything more about how or why he got his title, I add it to my Notes on that person.
At 10:14 AM 6/03/2011, you wrote: >I'd still I'd like to know how/where you would record the title? > >Are you suggesting using TODOs unless you see an original document for >yourself? >Why would a report by a deceased relative be any more or less a valid >source than a book on the library shelf? > >For instance, I have a book called "A HISTORY OF THE WILLIS FAMILY of >NEW ENGLAND and NEW JERSEY AND THEIR ANCESTORS" compiled by CHARLES >ETHELBERT WILLIS in 1916 stating the same. > >What is the recommended way to handle this information? It seems you >would NOT suggest entering info. directly and giving things a lower >surety, for instance. Why not? > >I'm curious, because having TODOs on people that are not in my Index >seems odd to me. Seems an easy way to lose some people. >Proper/Recommended usage of Legacy in this area is appreciated. > > >The possible Knights in question are: > >6. William Willis married the niece of Sir John > Clarke (or Clerke) of Northampton >7.Richard Willis, married daughter of Sir George > Blount, Knight >8. Thomas Willis, b. 1583; Susan Perrett Melbourne, Australia English webpage: http://www.st.net.au/~susanp/index.html American webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~susanp> Research: ALSTON-Suffolk/Bedford/America,post 1850, BOURCHIER-UK, post 1650, CHUDLEIGH-Devon, All, HOLTTUM-Kent,pre 1720,MARTEN-Sussex,pre 1660, OXENDEN-Kent, All. 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
