Re: Sources for linkage

On 18 Mar 2006 in soc.genealogy.computing, Benjamin S. Beck wrote:

To try another scenario: Suppose I have information on this same
family from both the 1841 census and the 1851 census (England &
Wales). I can cite each source with the relevant PRO reference
number, and I can even reproduce the exact text of the sources. But
it seems to me that there ought to be something built into the
fabric of the program that enables me to say that with the 1851
citation the links between father, mother, and son are all proved,
but with the 1841 citation no links are proved (because there is no
column for Relationship to Head of Household, in the 1841 census).

I suppose what I'm getting at is that I want a program that can
contain data on John and both his parents, but in reports and trees
will only show his parent(s) if there is a source that proves the
link to that parent.

Sorry if I appear to be making rather heavy weather of this.

The Master Genealogist (TMG; http://whollygenes.com/) allows you to
indicate a source for relationships as well as for other facts. TMG also
has a UK edition.

--
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.org/
Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe
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