Re: [LegacyUG] Questionable Locations
On 11/11/2010 04:47, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: I don't. For some people I use England, or Illinois, or USA or a county, if that is the smallest location I am sure of. I put the 'correct' commas in, since reports can remove the extras. This way all my 'incompletes' end up clumped at the front of each country/state/county, and I rarely work on more than one area at a time. I feel that it is more clear to family members, than the coded words of, near, by or around. Personal choice. I'm with Rich on this one, except that I don't use the comma placeholders. I record whatever a Source says for each event unless it is as vague as of Anytown. In my experience so far, this of Anytown tends to be in IGI Patron Submissions or pedigrees given me by other people. If I can't establish exactly what of means - where they were born? where they lived as an adult? - I don't record it as a fact but will make a note of it and use it as the basis for further research. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Questionable Locations
On 2010/11/11 11:52, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 11/11/2010 04:47, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: I don't. For some people I use England, or Illinois, or USA or a county, if that is the smallest location I am sure of. I put the 'correct' commas in, since reports can remove the extras. This way all my 'incompletes' end up clumped at the front of each country/state/county, and I rarely work on more than one area at a time. I feel that it is more clear to family members, than the coded words of, near, by or around. Personal choice. I'm with Rich on this one, except that I don't use the comma placeholders. I record whatever a Source says for each event unless it is as vague as of Anytown. In my experience so far, this of Anytown tends to be in IGI Patron Submissions or pedigrees given me by other people. If I can't establish exactly what of means - where they were born? where they lived as an adult? - I don't record it as a fact but will make a note of it and use it as the basis for further research. I absolutely hate the 'of placename' usage. To me it smacks of people trying to prove a link back to mediaeval times when surnames didn't exist, and people tended to be referred to as John de Placename. Translated from Norman French, you get 'of Placename', which then gets mis-read as a location rather than the earlier recording of a name. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Hijacked Account
Darlene; Don Your yahoo account appears to been hijacked. Look in your sent folder for addresses you do not recognize. If so, the best thing to do is, 1. Change your email password. 2. Remove all your contacts in your address book. Regards, Tim Rosenlof On 11/11/2010 4:41 AM, Darlene amp; Don Hicks wrote: http://guerschber Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Questionable Locations
I track all of that information in the Research notes. If a place is uncertain, I usually will not include it in the Location field, or will include the higher level jurisdiction (e.g. a source says Philadelphia?, PA -- I would put Pennsylvania in the field, and record that the source said possibly Philadelphia in the research notes. Scott On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Jerry bearjerca...@gmail.com wrote: For locations that are guesses, based on other known facts, do others use a ? at the end of the location and how does that affect mapping, etc.? --Thanks, Jerry Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Questionable Locations
I have often seen the phrase of Anytown used in U.S. land or marriage records. It appears to refer to the place of residence at the time the document was recorded. However, it could also refer to a former residence or the place of birth. Sometimes, as in the IGI, it might mean, these people were married on this date, no location recorded; but they were in Anytown in the census immediately after (and/or before)the marriage. For me, this is too vague to record as fact and probably best addressed in notes. It at least gives a clue. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA -- From: Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:20 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Questionable Locations On 2010/11/11 11:52, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 11/11/2010 04:47, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: I don't. For some people I use England, or Illinois, or USA or a county, if that is the smallest location I am sure of. I put the 'correct' commas in, since reports can remove the extras. This way all my 'incompletes' end up clumped at the front of each country/state/county, and I rarely work on more than one area at a time. I feel that it is more clear to family members, than the coded words of, near, by or around. Personal choice. I'm with Rich on this one, except that I don't use the comma placeholders. I record whatever a Source says for each event unless it is as vague as of Anytown. In my experience so far, this of Anytown tends to be in IGI Patron Submissions or pedigrees given me by other people. If I can't establish exactly what of means - where they were born? where they lived as an adult? - I don't record it as a fact but will make a note of it and use it as the basis for further research. I absolutely hate the 'of placename' usage. To me it smacks of people trying to prove a link back to mediaeval times when surnames didn't exist, and people tended to be referred to as John de Placename. Translated from Norman French, you get 'of Placename', which then gets mis-read as a location rather than the earlier recording of a name. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Globally Adding A Source
Jerry, right now it's a matter of organization. I've been using Legacy for many years, coming over to it from Reunion when they quit supporting Windows. In the interim 10 years, I've dabbled in my research. Now I'm getting serious about cleaning it all up and doing things properly: sorting out my sources, analyzing evidence, etc. So as a starting point, I've taken all my 150 or so existing master sources and am doing a great mighty house-cleaning. Most of them were created before SourceWriter came along. Same thing with my paper files -- house-cleaning. Next, I've attached all the pertinent sources to the individuals to which they apply, utilizing the Uspecified Event as a holding pen. I'm nearly ready to start with my maternal grandparents' family and begin weighing all my evidence. That will be the basis of attaching source citations to each event appropriately. Jean On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Jennifer Crockett jcrock...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Jean, it was a long time ago and would have been in an earlier version of Legacy. I seem to remember I was looking in the Master Source list and there was no Unspecified Event to click on Show List to look for people with that as a source. I probably didn't think to go to Search Find. I am curious as to why most of your sources are in the Unspecified Event field. Even if all I have from a source is a person's name, for example, I attach the source to the name. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] adding stories
I'm going through a major clean up and trying to digitize a huge amount of information that has previously been only in file folders; for instance, I'm adding census images and details where I previously only recorded the source information. I've come across some emails that I received from a gentleman describing the life of my kids' gr gr gr grandmothers. Their families were neighbors and he was recalling all sorts of things; very very interesting. The information is about both women; if it were just about one of them, I'd probably just put it into notes. Would that be the best choice? Type it into notes? Or should I create a source for the emails and include the transcript there and just add the source reference to each woman? I would want the information to show up if I decided to make a book or CD for this family. Thanks for your help. Kathy -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] adding stories
I personally, would transcribe the whole document, makr the text of the Source, then cut and paste each persons' sentences as details attaching to the above source. That way each phrase about a person can be pulled out of the document. Just a suggestion. Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com Subject: [LegacyUG] adding stories To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:02 PM I'm going through a major clean up and trying to digitize a huge amount of information that has previously been only in file folders; for instance, I'm adding census images and details where I previously only recorded the source information. I've come across some emails that I received from a gentleman describing the life of my kids' gr gr gr grandmothers. Their families were neighbors and he was recalling all sorts of things; very very interesting. The information is about both women; if it were just about one of them, I'd probably just put it into notes. Would that be the best choice? Type it into notes? Or should I create a source for the emails and include the transcript there and just add the source reference to each woman? I would want the information to show up if I decided to make a book or CD for this family. Thanks for your help. Kathy -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] adding stories
So if I have three emails from this guy, create three sources and include the entire transcript of each email in the source information; then when I attach the source to the individual person, cut/paste the details pertaining to her in the details section that pops up when you add it. Am I following that correctly? I think that sounds good. Thanks, Kathy On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:12 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net wrote: I personally, would transcribe the whole document, makr the text of the Source, then cut and paste each persons' sentences as details attaching to the above source. That way each phrase about a person can be pulled out of the document. Just a suggestion. Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com Subject: [LegacyUG] adding stories To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:02 PM I'm going through a major clean up and trying to digitize a huge amount of information that has previously been only in file folders; for instance, I'm adding census images and details where I previously only recorded the source information. I've come across some emails that I received from a gentleman describing the life of my kids' gr gr gr grandmothers. Their families were neighbors and he was recalling all sorts of things; very very interesting. The information is about both women; if it were just about one of them, I'd probably just put it into notes. Would that be the best choice? Type it into notes? Or should I create a source for the emails and include the transcript there and just add the source reference to each woman? I would want the information to show up if I decided to make a book or CD for this family. Thanks for your help. Kathy -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] adding stories
It is not a rule, just a suggestion. I clump all messages from the same person together. Another reason is I need only send one packet to an inquirer. Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding stories To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:57 PM So if I have three emails from this guy, create three sources and include the entire transcript of each email in the source information; then when I attach the source to the individual person, cut/paste the details pertaining to her in the details section that pops up when you add it. Am I following that correctly? I think that sounds good. Thanks, Kathy On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:12 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net wrote: I personally, would transcribe the whole document, makr the text of the Source, then cut and paste each persons' sentences as details attaching to the above source. That way each phrase about a person can be pulled out of the document. Just a suggestion. Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com Subject: [LegacyUG] adding stories To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:02 PM I'm going through a major clean up and trying to digitize a huge amount of information that has previously been only in file folders; for instance, I'm adding census images and details where I previously only recorded the source information. I've come across some emails that I received from a gentleman describing the life of my kids' gr gr gr grandmothers. Their families were neighbors and he was recalling all sorts of things; very very interesting. The information is about both women; if it were just about one of them, I'd probably just put it into notes. Would that be the best choice? Type it into notes? Or should I create a source for the emails and include the transcript there and just add the source reference to each woman? I would want the information to show up if I decided to make a book or CD for this family. Thanks for your help. Kathy -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
