Ed, I do pretty much what Cathy does. I use a 'Personal Knowledge of xxx'....usually myself and the detail is usually 'I was there'. As you say, good enough for me. But in the future, when you are out of the picture or no one is sure how scrupulous you were about accuracy, or you want to submit your work to a lineage society, it may not be enough. So your choice may depend on where you see your work going in the future.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Marianne Szabo <[email protected]> wrote: > One school of thought that I was taught was that only the mother can truly > relate the day and time of the birth, particularly if the birth took place > before fathers were allowed into the delivery room. > > > > Marianne > > > > From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 10:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Personal knowledge > > > > Ed, > > There is a SourceWriter template for Personal Knowledge. > If you use Basic Sources, you can enter something similar. > I include whose knowledge and how they know or think they know - ie > something that enables you to evaluate the knowledge. > eg: If my brother tells me he's a grandfather again on the day of the birth, > I can be sure of the date - unless he just says "last night" and doesn't > know at that stage whether it was before or after midnight. > But if I ask him now when one of them was born, I can't be so sure of the > information he gives me unless he looks it up as he's not good with dates. > Takes after our father - who gave us birthday presents but rarely on the day > itself. > > Cathy > > > Ed Ladendorf wrote: > > > This is something I'm struggling with. We might know things, but have > no hard proof to offer t o someone else who might be working on our > line. For instance, let's say you have personal knowledge of a > person's birthday or date or cause of death (probably an immediate > family member), but you have no birth certificate or other > documentation. How would you cite the source? I have more than one > instance like this, and I could order the certificates, but I would > rather put that money toward other genealogical goodies, like Civil > War Pension records. Not only that, but ordering documentation like > that just seems like a waste of money, since I'm 100% sure of the > information. > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
