On 05/09/2010 22:33, Adnepos_Iacobi wrote:
Wills and monumental inscriptions often provide clinching evidence for
relationships between family members, which I don't think can be sourced
What do you mean which I don't think can be sourced?
but also does provide evidence for births, deaths,
Thanks Kirsten, your answer seems clear to me...
Yes, I wasn't clear! I should not have confused the question by commenting that
the relationship between individuals cannot be directly sourced -to demonstrate
such relationships, the sourcing is attached to an event such as a birth or a
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:12:16 +0100, Jenny M Benson
ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote:
On 05/09/2010 22:33, Adnepos_Iacobi wrote:
Wills and monumental inscriptions often provide clinching evidence for
relationships between family members, which I don't think can be sourced
What do you mean which I
Hi Jenny
Thank you for your help. I seem to be doing the same as you for filing most
transcription material withing Legacy but I respond to a couple of your points
in the hope that I can learn some more.
Wills and monumental inscriptions often provide clinching evidence for
relationships between
On 2010/09/07 13:50, Adnepos_Iacobi wrote:
Wills and monumental inscriptions often provide clinching evidence for
relationships between family members, which I don't think can be sourced
What do you mean which I don't think can be sourced?
Legacy provides a way of sourcing evidence to
I would not worry much about usual practice in this case: use Legacy the way
it most makes sense to you. Legacy gives us lots of options for a reason.
I, for example, rarely use the Text/Comments tab on Source Detail for
transcriptions *of* the source. I use it for Comments *about* the
Thanks Mike for the following
Legacy provides a way of sourcing evidence to support events such as births and
christenings which can point to a father-son relationship, but the link between
a father and son for instance does not seem to be capable of being supported by
a source citation/
That's
Thanks Connie
I would not worry much about usual practice in this case: use Legacy the way
it most makes sense to you. Legacy gives us lots of options for a reason.
I, for example, rarely use the Text/Comments tab on Source Detail for
transcriptions *of* the source. I use it for Comments
Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote:
The Children's Settings window is
where the
relationship between a child and its parents, can be
specified. A source
can be cited here.
Also, on the Assigned Sources window, provided that you
have the 'Show
All Events box ticked, you will have
On 07/09/2010 14:57, Connie Sheets wrote:
As for where to source the father - son relationship, I tend to do it with
the Name field, but you could create an Event for that purpose if you wish.
On the Assigned Sources screen there is are fields for Father Rel and
Mother Rel (and for Child
On 07/09/2010 12:50, Adnepos_Iacobi wrote:
/Legacy provides a way of sourcing evidence to support events such as
births and christenings which can point to a father-son relationship,
but the link between a father and son for instance does not seem to be
capable of being supported by a source
The Legacy training video DVDs show the example of an Event that is
used for multiple individuals; their example is a census page, but a
will or other document that mentions multiple family names would work
the same way.
You enter ALL of the information from that source document, beginning
to
The Legacy training video DVDs show the example of an Event that is
used for multiple individuals; their example is a census page, but a
will or other document that mentions multiple family names would work
the same way.
You enter ALL of the information from that source document, beginning
to
On 2010/09/07 16:31, Connie Sheets wrote:
Thanks, Mike, I had not noticed that before, perhaps because I rarely
assign a child status. I'm always amazed that I've used Legacy as
long as I have and always seem to find new to me features
periodically.
However, in playing with it right now, I
Jenny M Benson wrote:
On 07/09/2010 12:50, Adnepos_Iacobi wrote:
It's not good database practice to have to input chunks of data
repeatedly and store multiple copies of it, but the way Legacy works
is based around the Individual, each of whom can have numerous Facts
and Events. To avoid the
I have been entering each cemetery as a location and attaching photos,
etc. to the buried line of the individual's information section
(where you can enter burial address, notes and pictures, and there is
a check box if they were cremated). What is the reason to also enter
each cemetery as a
Chris,
I did not say that one should, and, as I thought I had made clear, I don't.
I was only suggesting another way of doing it. I have always believed, that
the way in which one enters the Event Data and Sources is personal, provided
it is accurate, clear and reproducable by others.
A cemetery
Is there any way that I can turn off this feature alltogether. I have my own
filing system and am finding that on printout of my work, I have been unable
to supress the Legacy numbers. They are everywhere even in the notes and
bibliography.
Vivien
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Hi Vivien,
Is there any way that I can turn off this feature alltogether. I have
my own filing system and am finding that on printout of my work, I
have been unable to supress the Legacy numbers. They are everywhere
even in the notes and bibliography.
You can't not have a RIN, it's an
I said:
You can't not have a RIN, it's an integral part of the database
structure. But you don't have to have them showing in reports. Options
Customise View Display Numbers on Names.
Oops, I realise now that that is only for displaying them on the
screen. To suppress the numbers on
On 07/09/2010 20:24, Chris CG wrote:
I have been entering each cemetery as a location and attaching photos,
etc. to the buried line of the individual's information section
(where you can enter burial address, notes and pictures, and there is
a check box if they were cremated). What is the
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