In that case you would not be using what the original poster was using
so you would probably be using other wording for the "Item of Interest".
He was asking what to use in a Birth Index item of interest when using
it to source other data in that entry. The wording "entry for the Birth
of Joe Snooks" would be very appropriate for describing that index
record. When adding the source to his mother because the index lists her
name it is still the "entry for the Birth of Joe Snooks" which is the
item of interest from the source. The place to include the contents of
that listing is the Detail Text which would then confirm that the
mother's name is in the item.
Here is an example of what I do for the Item of Interest on Census
records I have found which include this field (not all do).
In the item of interest I enter (Name of the head of the household) Family
In the credit line I give the details of the census down to the page,
dwelling and family number and then add "lines x - y" for all the lines
where family members are listed.
This single source detail can then be attached as a source for the
census event to each member of the family without modification.
When using the same census as a source for residences, occupations,
births etc. which may also be included in the census data I only modify
the detail text or add a comment to the detail as justification for
using that census as proof of that information. Thus my source citations
are all the same for that family in that census. Usually I do not
include detail text and comments in my citations, those are for my own
use not for reports.
Brian Kelly
On 16-Nov-16 10:06 AM, BARTON LEWIS wrote:
But what if you are using the same source (e.g. Texas Death Records) for
both John's birth and his death? If you attach it in the death field
and it says "1878 birth of John Reeves" and you are using it as a source
for his death, isn't that odd? Why would you not change it to "1954
death of John Reeves" if there are different vitals data in the record
and you are using it for different vitals?
Barton
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 04:28 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote:
It's for the item of interest in the database.
In your example: yyyy birth of John Reeves OR entry for John Reeve's
birth in yyyy.
You don't change the source details every time you attach that same
source to a piece of information.
Cathy
John S. Adams wrote:
Barton,
I don't see an "Item of Interest field" in death record templates. I
would think the "ID of Person" would be John Reeves as that describes
the source and would help someone else find the death cert. The DC
may
be a source for other facts, like John's place of death, or
occupation, having nothing to do with the name of his mother.
John S. Adams
Ventura, CA
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behalf of Barton Lewis <bartonle...@optonline.net>
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 15, 2016 7:26 PM
*To:* 'Legacy User Group'
*Subject:* [LegacyUG] Use of item of interest field in database
sources
There’s an “item of interest” field in many Legacy SourceWriter
database sources. If I am using a record from the Texas Birth
Index to
source a person’s mother’s name, it’s not clear to me what I should
fill in. Legacy provides sample language for the field: “Ex.: entry
for John Smith and Mary Jones’s 1888 marriage.” Is something like
“evidence for John Reeves’s mother’s name” appropriate? Does ESM
treat
this in EE? I couldn’t find it if so.
Thanks,
Barton
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