Hi Brian I have a location in the Master Location list called "At Sea". I do not put a Lat or Long value so Legacy doesn't try to map a location. I did at one time try different locations like, Atlantic Ocean etc, but found it better to just record a birth or death and burial "At Sea". In many instances I haven't put a burial date, but it would usually have been within hours of the death.
I add any information in the notes section of any of the events. If I know the ship's name, I enter that as a note, eg "Born on board the Fritz Reuter" I certainly would not put the location as the last port of embarkation or the first port of entry. I agree the death and birth are registered by the captain at the port of entry, but if I actually get the record, it will tell the time and latitude and longitude of the event. I enter that in the notes. Eg "Born 10.30 pm 9 Feb 1879 at sea on the ship Charles Dickens at Lat 42º 16' S Long 149º 14' E [This location is off the east coast of Tasmania, in the Tasman Sea]" Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com] Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 4:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Buried at Sea How do you handle the entry of a death location for someone that was buried at sea? I’ve been getting 3 different answers, each one seems to have its own merits: 1. Simply entered as “Buried at sea” (or sometimes more specific as “Buried in Atlantic Ocean, or Buried in South Pacific Ocean, etc) 2. Death location is last known port of embarkation 3. Death location is first known port of entry of the vessel as the captain must file a death notice with the local officials. Death records are on file at that location. Methods 2 and 3 would seem to apply more to passengers while method 1 would seem to apply more to military personnel. Just wondering how other people handle this one. Brian in California 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
