I always use Alt Death (or birth etc) when I have conflicting info from different sources. I then enter in the event notes the reason I chose another date or place etc and my conclusion as to why this Alt event exists. I also cross reference each of the Alt Events. If there isn't enough room to put in all the information I also copy/paste this info into Notes on the person with more info as needed and may do the same for their parents and/or spouse as I see fit and feel it would be helpful to others who see this information. Usually it is mostly because someone estimated the dates or guessed at the places but sometimes they used dates that belonged to another individual. If I later conclude that the date I chose as the most reliable is not correct I can switch the date I chose and the Alt date etc. I just feel it helps to provide as much info as possible as it will likely be others that look at this later. I don't like re-inventing the wheel and copy/paste is simple to provide the info where others can find it (or I can). ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Hickin To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 07 September, 2012 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] No Death notes sources
Wendy and JLB, Thanks for your replies. I have always used alt birth, death, etc. in the past but it makes for a very dull report for some people, which is why I want to lump them together begin entering the info into the notes field. I've sent a suggestion to Legacy so maybe they'll do something about it. Pat On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Wendy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: I use the "Alt" events too. As well as being able to assign the right source to the facts it provided, it also records the date you added it, so you can see how the research progressed. Each time I find data that isn't exactly as I've already recorded it, I use an Alt event. It might be that a source gives me only a date (or a partial date), or only a location, and keeping these separate keeps it clear what information is supplied by each source. I have edited my Alt events to read along these lines: [HeShe] has alternative birth information of [Desc], [Date] and [Place].[Sources] [Notes] (Note this may be an earlier discovery rather than a conflict; check sources & attribution date.) Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy JLB said the following on 8/09/2012 12:51 p.m.: > 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 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
