I put "Maybe Not" in the name field, it stands out like a bright light <G> But then I use a lot of ??? and then in my events I might say "this looks right" or "this may be he". I like things I can spot from afar.
I also have a tree that includes all the people I find in Cleveland Ohio from the Malmesbury area, I had so many with my family and found dozens more in the Necrology and Ohio death Certificates so a lot of ??? appear there too. Eliz On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Luis Salreta <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
