Anyone have a thought on when to use Personal Knowledge and when to
use Interview? My parents, aunts and uncles told me a lot of
information about their large family (Mom, Dad and 10 children who
all lived well into adulthood). I did not write a transcript of the
discussions but did enter
Cathy,
I have covered these cases with a general Master Source:
Source List Name: Personal Knowledge
Title: My personal knowledge or undocumented and unverified family
lore.
If there is more I think I should say of this for a particular citation,
I will expand on it in the Detail
Anyone have a thought on when to use Personal Knowledge and when
to use Interview? My parents, aunts and uncles told me a lot of
information about their large family (Mom, Dad and 10 children who
all lived well into adulthood). I did not write a transcript of
the discussions but did enter
Cathy,
I only enter as personal knowlege that which I know as a matter of fact and
which, therefore, happened in my life time. Everything else I regard as family
folklore and include it in notes for that person.
This family folklore may, or may not, be true, but if I cannot prove this then
I have used personal knowledge for various facts that I would not actually
qualify as an interview. i.e. chatting with family at a reunion, wedding,
funeral or another get together. I do sub-divided them up a bit into spouse,
sibling, child, subject, and parent and have never used a name as the
Hi - after struggling with this issue and not being satisfied with either
Personal Knowledge or Interview in the circumstances described, I created a new
Source Stories passed on to MBS - MBS is me.
Then in the detail I can indicate who told me and what was passed on. For me it
clarifies not
Is there a way to search for marriages in a specific location?
Thanks
Christopher Barttels
Dayton, Washington
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Christopher,
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SearchFind, change Individual to marriage in the first box, then Marriage
place, Equal to,
Ron Ferguson
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Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
View the Grimshaw Family
Yes: Search Find Detailed Search Tab
Look for whom - select Marriage
Where to look - select Marriage Place
How to look - select Contains
What to look for - type location
Evert van Dijken
2009/7/3 Christopher Barttels chrisbartt...@msn.com:
Is there a way to search for marriages in a specific
Sorry, Christopher I am watching Andy Murray (Tennis). I should have said
SearchFindDetailed Search, then as before
Ron Ferguson
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Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
View the Grimshaw
Ronald,
Thanks much. I've been using Legacy since the very first, and still find
something new all the time!
Christopher Barttels
Dayton, Washington
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From: ronald fergusonmailto:ronfe...@msn.com
To:
Thanks Glen, that is what I wanted to know.
However, emotions DO play a part, at least in my research. Knowing my
daughter-in-laws feelings about her biological parents vs. her adopted
parents, and the fact that she provided me a family history of her adopted
parents, I have no concern
Ditto that. I input all known relations.
Dawn Crowley
ross.chap...@rogers.com wrote:
I personally feel that one should take any and all important lines as far back
as you are able. Although not adopted myself I have cousins who where and if
the knowledge of their parents was known then I
I had a good experience meeting my biological parents. Ever since I was a
small child I was told that I was adopted. Then, when I was 33 years old, my
adoptive Dad gave me all my adoption papers and his blessing for me to find
my biological parents. I took me a year and a half and I found them. It
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