You will see what the multiple facts look like in a narrative report - quite annoying! Nancy, if you want to see screenshots of the before, you can look at my blog post that Jennifer graciously shared above. In the end I keep all my research materials in Rootsmagic and all the "records" attached to the online tree (for quick reference) and ability to share with others. I think we did find a workaround (you uncheck the boxes on the left but keep the "add sources" boxes on the right checked). This became quite annoying, especially since 1) the alternative fact(s) are not shown to the tree viewer on the profile view (you have to look deeper) which means that 2) they are usually not included when someone copies this profile to their own tree. We noticed that every time you add a source (historical record) with conflicting information, automatically adds an alternative fact. Hi Jennifer, I'm so glad you found something that works, because that's really all that matters, right? I have been using FTM a little bit too, only because my cousin is using it and she wanted to put her tree online so she can share with her other cousins. Now for Bienvenue, his screen looks like this: I really liked Ginger's idea, so I decided to try it on my own.
This creates less duplication when creating narrative reports in RootsMagic. She stated that she only puts one fact into her RootsMagic database, but she cites all sources and discusses the alternative facts in the Notes section of the event. When all of this discussion was going on back in 2012, I read a post over at Genealogy by Ginger's Blog, in which she discussed how she is a hybrid of the evidence and conclusion-based genealogist. Note that when a source only listed a birthplace, such as his son's marriage record, I matched it up with the preferred fact rather than creating a new alternative fact for just the birthplace, provided the birthplace was the same as the one in the preferred fact. Birth: abt 1907 in Louisiana ( source: 1940 census) Birth: abt 1910 in Louisiana ( source: 1930 census) Birth: in Scott, Lafayette, Louisiana ( source: death certificate) Birth:, Vatican, Lafayette, Louisiana ( sources: baptismal record, 1910 census, obituary, gravestone, SSDI entry, marriage record of son, delayed birth record of son, newspaper article, death certificate of son).In my genealogy database, I had several facts for Bienvenue's birth (sorry, I did not do screen shots before changing it): Interview with Bienvenue published in Vinton News, : listed as age 89 and a "native of Vatican.7 miles north of Scott".Death certificate of son, Benford, - Father born in Vatican, Louisiana informant is Bienvenue's daughter-in-law, Merlene (Mertena) Trahan.Delayed birth record of son, Benford, - Father born in Louisiana.Marriage record of son, Benford, - Father born in Louisiana.Peter and Paul Cemetery in Scott, Louisiana - Born
Obituary dated published in Lake Charles American Press: age 97 - born about 1909 ( note: age supports birth date of ).Death certificate dated : Born in Scott, Louisiana informant is son, Benford M.Census: age 33 - born about 1907 in Louisiana his wife, Beatrice, is marked as the informant Census: age 20 - born about 1910 in Louisiana (living with in-laws) Census: age 1 - born about 1909 in Louisiana ( note: age supports birth date of ) For my great-grandfather Bienvenue Trahan's birth, I have the following sources: The discussion started to make me think about whether or not I was evidence-based or conclusion-based. Basically, a conclusion-based genealogist comes to a conclusion based upon all the sources and only records one fact, rather than presenting all five facts as an evidence-based genealogist would.
A conclusion-based genealogist would create one fact for an event and cite one or multiple sources for this one fact. Essentially, Randy defined an evidence-based genealogist as one who would create five different facts for the same event given five difference sources. Back in February 2012, Randy Seaver over at GeneaMusings started a discussion about evidence-based vs. Now that I am well on my way to organizing my paper file s and making sure all my sources for my 16 great-great-grandparents are properly cited in my database, I am changing up the way I create Facts/Events in RootsMagic.