If you open a person's assigned sources screen you will see that you can
assign a source to the Father - Child and Mother Child relationships.
I personally do not do that but anyone who intends to apply to one of
the associations like Daughters or Sons of the American Revolution which
require proof of your descent from a revolutionary war participant needs
to assign sources to those fields because those societies are very
interested in what documents were used to confirm the descent.
Brian Kelly
On 21-Apr-17 1:12 PM, BARTON LEWIS wrote:
Diane,
I see your point now - add it to all 3 name fields (the child and both
parents). I would absolutely do that if it were the only or one of the
only sources for the relationship, and I understand the reason for doing
it regardless. Here is my dilemma: I have transcribed the sketch which
is about 4 paragraphs, and I am reluctant to add the source without the
transcript, and I am also reluctant to add the source for every
relationship named (the many siblings and aunts and uncles of the
sketch's subject). So I have to decide how to err - on the side of
leaving out a good (but not the only) source for the relationships or
having a lot of information duplicated and taking up a lot of printed
space in reports, etc.
Barton
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 01:00 PM, Diane wrote:
Barton;
It is probably an unnecessary step to add the source to the father
relationship and mother relationship fields, but it is something I do
routinely.
Diane
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hi Diane, thanks for your reply. By adding the book as a source in the
name field, I assume that's what I would be doing (using the book as a
source for those relationships).
Barton
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Diane wrote:
Barton;
You could also use the book as a source for child/parent relationships.
Diane
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Lewis
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Subject: [LegacyUG] sourcing question
As a little diversion to all the questions about Legacy 9, I found a
biographical sketch of my ancestor’s brother in a Texas history book
published in 1893. It contains a trove of information about my
ancestor’s family and that of his parents, presumably from the subject
who was 44 years old at the time. The names of his siblings and aunts
and uncles and all their spouses are included. As a source for these
names, I’m wondering where to best enter them; I usually put census
entries into the birth field, since date and place of birth are always
identified (usually). Since date and place are not included in the
sketch, should the source be added to the person’s name? I usually
don’t input sources into the name field but this seems to make the best
sense. Any thought would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Barton
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