Byron, I think either single "parentage" event or a "parentage maternal" and "parentage paternal" would work equally well. When I chose the single "parentage" event my logic was that in the majority of individuals I would have parentage proof (birth certificate, baptismal record, newspaper article, etc.) and where I would have identified and proved only a mother or father would be a minority. The logic is great! What I have found is that I spend more time on one ancestor where I have only a single parentage proof than probably a 100 ancestors where I have proof of both the mother and father. If I was doing it over again and I may set up two parentage events I would definetly use a "parentage paternal" and "parentage maternal". Glenn Kinkade Byron Blankenship wrote: > Glenn and Candace, > > Thanks.. Your responses are very helpful... at least i know now i am not > just missing something right in front of me. > > I believe I am going to go with your suggestions? What do you think of two > Events: Paternal Parentage and Maternal Parentage.... would mean attaching > sources like birth certificates twice, but such is often the case and it > would profile separate sets of proofs for each line.. > > What do you think? > > Glenn Wrote: > > > You have a very good question. I am sure that a lot of people have a lot > of > > different methods, but let me toss mine in for what it is worth. > > > > I add an Event and give it a name "Parentage". I add the source and > repository > > for the information and in the notes field I explain the proof for this > > hypothesis. If the proof is only for the father (the child is named in > the > > father's will as an heir but the father was married three times, had > eleven > > children, and you have not found proof of which wife was the mother of > this > > particular child) I explain this in the notes. If the proof is for both > the > > father and mother (the information is from a birth certificate or church > > baptismal record that names both the father and the mother) then I explain > this > > in the notes. I check the event PRIVATE so it will not print on reports > but > > will display when I look at the family. If I am going on a research trip > and > > want this information to print I simply go back and unchecked the PRIVATE > box. > > > > I have found this works pretty well and you can easily see if you have or > have > > not proved parentage for an individual. > > > > Glenn Kinkade > > > > > > > How does one assign sources to the parent-child relationship or > child-parent > > > relationship. > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
