Luis, I follow the same as Michele. I belive that it is more important to list the individuals and their supposed relationships than to wait until those relationships have been "proven" to a gigher surety level.
Jacob Psutka On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Terri, > > Is that not the wrong description? I would suggest that in the case quoted > it should be “Not Proven” rather than “Challenged”, the l,latter meaning > that somebody has questioned the relationship. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > *From:* Terri Brown <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 26, 2011 4:04 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level > > Luis, > > I have added a child status of "Challenged". I use the Research Notes of > the child to present my arguements. The child status can be set to show on > the Family view by going to the View tab in Options > Customize. > > If I am certain of one parent but not the other, I use a Relationship to > Mother (or Father) status of "Challenged". Unfortunately the relationship > status does not show on the Family view. > Terri > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sun, June 26, 2011 9:08:16 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level > > Luis, > Your English is very good! When I am sure of a parent-child relationship > but I just can’t prove it, I go ahead and link them in legacy and then in > the notes I explain all of my circumstantial evidence [evidências > circunstanciais] explaining why I think I am right. This is how I do it. > > Michele > > > > *From:* Luis Salreta <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level > > > Hi > > I am Legacy user, since version 4 (standard) and version 5 (deluxe edition) > and belong to the team that is translating Legacy to European Portuguese. > > Of course I like the program, but there is one thing that is missing and I > would like to know what you do in similar situations. > > If we have all the information about a family, it is easy to establish the > relationships with a great certainty, through marriage, birth and death > certificates (in the Portuguese church records, we can also get many times > the grandparents). > > But sometimes records are missing or the persons went to another place that > we don’t know, and we have only one or two records referencing them and the > relationship is more uncertain. > > For instance I have a Jake son of John Salreta and Maryann. Later on I have > the marriage of Jake (son of John Salreta and Marylu). I believe in the > documents and the information within but are those 2 Jakes the same? If I > could I would put only 3 (max of 5) in the relationship (to the parents) > surety level. (sorry for the poor names :-). > > So, what I’m lacking is a “surety level” for the relationships, and maybe > one “comment” field where I could describe the reasons for my doubts. > > I’m not referring to the documents “surety level”, because that refers to > the confidence I have in that document and the information within (or that's > the way i'm using it). > > I’ve already search the forum for this type of problem and the best I found > was in the thread ‘How to represent a "Best Fit" Ancestor’ and don't like > the solutions proposed. I think they are "klunges". > > > > What I’m asking is, if there is the need, how do you address this problem. > > > > Luis Salreta (sorry for my English) > > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
