Not knowing the date of the second burial isn't a problem with the method I outlined. You could either double click the date field and enter a date range (if known) and then go back and enter the text ahead of the dates, or just skip the date and put the text in the date field. David Effectus bonus addo bonus On May 27, 2012, at 8:28 PM, lyn <eswan2453@netscape.net> wrote: > David, I do what you suggest. I always record the location. In the > case I cited I don't know the date of the re-burial. I know the reason. > The original cemetery was Wesley Chapel Cemetery in/near Frederick, > Rice Co., Kansas, USA. Frederick was a thriving community in 1880-early > 1900s. My great-grandfather farmed in the area and also owned a > hardware store in "town". Today I have a souvenier cup from Frederick, > Kansas. I sometimes wonder if it's the only one in existance! The > current population of Frederick is maybe 6? Both my great grandparents > and other kin were originally buried in this cemetery. At some point > relatives (due to the town fading away and the church closing) decided > to move the bodies of kin to other Rice Co. cemeteries they felt would > be maintained. Some were moved to Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Lyons, KS > and others to Springdale Cemetery, Chase, KS. > > I have similar instances of re-interrments of other relatives in other > USA states. > > On 5/27/2012 12:56 PM, David Youse wrote: >> I haven't had this problem myself, but just off the top of my head I think >> I might add text in the date field so it would read: >> Burial #1 7 Jul 1890 First Location....... >> Burial #2 8 Aug 1891 Second Location........ With a Footnote to >> explain the change. >> >> This would print in a logical way on reports. >> >> David Youse >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lyn >> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:43 PM >> To: bk@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [BK] Multiple BURIAL events (Was Number of Characters Allowed) >> >> Dave, thank you for mentioning this. It threw me into a short-lived >> panic as I have used the BURIAL event more than when a person was first >> buried in cemetery #1 and their remains later moved to cemetery #2. >> >> I just now checked the group sheet and register reports (2 reports I use >> most) and both BURIAL events show in the order listed on the EDIT >> screen. In the case I tested I had a date for the first burial but not >> have one for the second. I had them listed on the EDIT screen in >> cemetery #1, cemetery #2 order. >> >> Is there a better way to record when a body is moved from one cemetery >> to another? >> >> >> ----- >> From: Dave Bradshaw<davebradshaw@sympatico.ca> >> Subject: Re: [BK] Number of Characters Allowed >> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 14:03:11 -0400 >> References:<579021D4621D4957A2FF7C6B8CC13957@Blackie> >> In-Reply-To:<579021D4621D4957A2FF7C6B8CC13957@Blackie> >> >> Carol: >> >> I know you can do what you say and it shows properly on the edit screen. >> Are you sure it will print that way say on a group sheet, I seem to remember >> that it printed only one instance of say buried. Give a try and see if its >> OK. >> >> Dave Bradshaw >> ---- > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
A new event could be created and labeled reinterred. Then notes could be used to explain why. On May 27, 2012, at 9:35 PM, David Youse <dhyouse@comcast.net> wrote: > Not knowing the date of the second burial isn't a problem with the method I outlined. You could either double click the date field and enter a date range (if known) and then go back and enter the text ahead of the dates, or just skip the date and put the text in the date field. > > David > > > > > Effectus bonus addo bonus > > > > On May 27, 2012, at 8:28 PM, lyn <eswan2453@netscape.net> wrote: > >> David, I do what you suggest. I always record the location. In the >> case I cited I don't know the date of the re-burial. I know the reason. >> The original cemetery was Wesley Chapel Cemetery in/near Frederick, >> Rice Co., Kansas, USA. Frederick was a thriving community in 1880-early >> 1900s. My great-grandfather farmed in the area and also owned a >> hardware store in "town". Today I have a souvenier cup from Frederick, >> Kansas. I sometimes wonder if it's the only one in existance! The >> current population of Frederick is maybe 6? Both my great grandparents >> and other kin were originally buried in this cemetery. At some point >> relatives (due to the town fading away and the church closing) decided >> to move the bodies of kin to other Rice Co. cemeteries they felt would >> be maintained. Some were moved to Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Lyons, KS >> and others to Springdale Cemetery, Chase, KS. >> >> I have similar instances of re-interrments of other relatives in other >> USA states. >> >> On 5/27/2012 12:56 PM, David Youse wrote: >>> I haven't had this problem myself, but just off the top of my head I think >>> I might add text in the date field so it would read: >>> Burial #1 7 Jul 1890 First Location....... >>> Burial #2 8 Aug 1891 Second Location........ With a Footnote to >>> explain the change. >>> >>> This would print in a logical way on reports. >>> >>> David Youse >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lyn >>> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:43 PM >>> To: bk@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [BK] Multiple BURIAL events (Was Number of Characters Allowed) >>> >>> Dave, thank you for mentioning this. It threw me into a short-lived >>> panic as I have used the BURIAL event more than when a person was first >>> buried in cemetery #1 and their remains later moved to cemetery #2. >>> >>> I just now checked the group sheet and register reports (2 reports I use >>> most) and both BURIAL events show in the order listed on the EDIT >>> screen. In the case I tested I had a date for the first burial but not >>> have one for the second. I had them listed on the EDIT screen in >>> cemetery #1, cemetery #2 order. >>> >>> Is there a better way to record when a body is moved from one cemetery >>> to another? >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> From: Dave Bradshaw<davebradshaw@sympatico.ca> >>> Subject: Re: [BK] Number of Characters Allowed >>> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 14:03:11 -0400 >>> References:<579021D4621D4957A2FF7C6B8CC13957@Blackie> >>> In-Reply-To:<579021D4621D4957A2FF7C6B8CC13957@Blackie> >>> >>> Carol: >>> >>> I know you can do what you say and it shows properly on the edit screen. >>> Are you sure it will print that way say on a group sheet, I seem to remember >>> that it printed only one instance of say buried. Give a try and see if its >>> OK. >>> >>> Dave Bradshaw >>> ---- >> Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Yes, but I don't choose to create/use any events that are not in the GEDCOM standard. Portability of data is important to me. I think I'll just stay with what I have been doing. On 5/27/2012 7:27 PM, Curt Miller wrote: > A new event could be created and labeled reinterred. Then notes > could be used to explain why. > > > > On May 27, 2012, at 9:35 PM, David Youse<dhyouse@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> Not knowing the date of the second burial isn't a problem with the >> method I outlined. You could either double click the date field >> and enter a date range (if known) and then go back and enter the >> text ahead of the dates, or just skip the date and put the text in >> the date field. >> >> David >> >> >> >> >> Effectus bonus addo bonus >> >> >> >> On May 27, 2012, at 8:28 PM, lyn<eswan2453@netscape.net> wrote: >> >>> David, I do what you suggest. I always record the location. In >>> the case I cited I don't know the date of the re-burial. I know >>> the reason. The original cemetery was Wesley Chapel Cemetery >>> in/near Frederick, Rice Co., Kansas, USA. Frederick was a >>> thriving community in 1880-early 1900s. My great-grandfather >>> farmed in the area and also owned a hardware store in "town". >>> Today I have a souvenier cup from Frederick, Kansas. I sometimes >>> wonder if it's the only one in existance! The current population >>> of Frederick is maybe 6? Both my great grandparents and other >>> kin were originally buried in this cemetery. At some point >>> relatives (due to the town fading away and the church closing) >>> decided to move the bodies of kin to other Rice Co. cemeteries >>> they felt would be maintained. Some were moved to Lyons >>> Municipal Cemetery, Lyons, KS and others to Springdale Cemetery, >>> Chase, KS. >>> >>> I have similar instances of re-interrments of other relatives in >>> other USA states. >>> >>> On 5/27/2012 12:56 PM, David Youse wrote: >>>> I haven't had this problem myself, but just off the top of my >>>> head I think I might add text in the date field so it would >>>> read: Burial #1 7 Jul 1890 First Location....... Burial >>>> #2 8 Aug 1891 Second Location........ With a Footnote to >>>> explain the change. >>>> >>>> This would print in a logical way on reports. >>>> >>>> David Youse >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: lyn Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 >>>> 2:43 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Multiple BURIAL >>>> events (Was Number of Characters Allowed) >>>> >>>> Dave, thank you for mentioning this. It threw me into a >>>> short-lived panic as I have used the BURIAL event more than >>>> when a person was first buried in cemetery #1 and their remains >>>> later moved to cemetery #2. >>>> >>>> I just now checked the group sheet and register reports (2 >>>> reports I use most) and both BURIAL events show in the order >>>> listed on the EDIT screen. In the case I tested I had a date >>>> for the first burial but not have one for the second. I had >>>> them listed on the EDIT screen in cemetery #1, cemetery #2 >>>> order. >>>> >>>> Is there a better way to record when a body is moved from one >>>> cemetery to another? >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- From: Dave Bradshaw<davebradshaw@sympatico.ca> Subject: >>>> Re: [BK] Number of Characters Allowed Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 >>>> 14:03:11 -0400 >>>> References:<579021D4621D4957A2FF7C6B8CC13957@Blackie> >>>> In-Reply-To:<579021D4621D4957A2FF7C6B8CC13957@Blackie> >>>> >>>> Carol: >>>> >>>> I know you can do what you say and it shows properly on the >>>> edit screen. Are you sure it will print that way say on a group >>>> sheet, I seem to remember that it printed only one instance of >>>> say buried. Give a try and see if its OK. >>>> >>>> Dave Bradshaw ---- >>> Remember - Use the Archives at >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >>> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, >>> please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >>> the message >> >> Remember - Use the Archives at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, >> please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message