Using the actual place of death is correct, ie., city in which the nursing home is located. Attach pdf documentation when possible. This is the one area that family members want to challenge because they forgot that grand paw died in the hospital in the neighboring city. The ancestor's residence has already been documented by a census or city directory. In the event of the absence of permanent residence documentation, simply create an event titled residence which will allow you to attach documentation such as pics of the house.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 5:03 AM, Jenny M Benson<ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: On 14/12/2020 23:35, Hogrooter wrote: > Place of death: I have some relatives whose residences at death were in > a suburb of a larger city. In the last few days of life they were moved > to a hospital or hospice across the city line into the larger city. For > example. a 95 year old uncle of mine lived in Mableton, GA, a suburb of > Atlanta. Just prior to his death he was moved into a medical facility > in Atlanta where he died. Would you list the place of death as the > larger city or his permanent residence until just prior to his death? > > When the place of death is some distance from the residence, I do use > the actual place of death. For example, my paternal grandmother lived > in Georgia but actually died in North Carolina while visiting a son. > > How do others handle this? Where I know it, I always use the full address in the Location field of an Event. In the case of someone dying somewhere other than their usual residence I enter the death address in the Death Place field and add a Residence event which reads "On <date>, at the time of his/her death, his her/address was ..." -- Jenny M Benson - http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/ Wrexham, UK -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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