Interesting. I hadn't noticed that before. In the case you're talking about I would put the alternate dates under Events. I know you said you don't want to do that but you asked and that's how I do it. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/7/2012 5:30 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: > Although there is a Death Notes box available and one can enter sources > for the information you put there, when you click on the book icon (to > get to the "Assigned Sources" window, there is no "Death Notes" entry. > > The source you entered for "Death Notes" instead shows up under the > "Death" sources. > When you print an individual or other report, the "Death Notes" entry > has no accompanying source citation. > > So let's say I enter a death date as 1801 (as the most reliable) and > give Source A. > Then in the "Death notes" I say that other, less reliable, sources give > a date of 1803 or 1805, and cite Sources B and C. > > But when I print the report, it looks as though Sources A,B,and C agree > on the 1801 date, > and the less reliable sources I've mentioned go unidentified! > > What is the reason for not having separate sources for "Death Notes"? > > I'm sure there is a workaround through events "alt death" entries but I > really don't want to do that. > > I'd like to choose what I consider to be the most accurate date, give > the source(s), lump all the others into death notes, then give those > sources (and have them appear as "Death Notes" sources, NOT as "Death" > sources). > > Does this make sense? > > What do others do? > > (I'm sure there's similar a problem with birth and birth notes, though I > haven't yet checked.) > > > 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 > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5254 - Release Date: 09/07/12 > 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
