At 01:50 PM 1/4/2012, John Bibby wrote: >How do people deal with conflicting data? e.g. different sources >give different birth dates for AS? I use multiple source entries for the multiple sources, assign each one a number under "Quality of data" corresponding to its reliability, and arrange the sources for each event with the most reliable at the top and the least reliable at the bottom. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

In message <7.0.1.0.2.20120104170019.03b02bb8@plymouthcolony.net>, Dale H. Cook <radiotest@plymouthcolony.net> writes: >At 01:50 PM 1/4/2012, John Bibby wrote: > >>How do people deal with conflicting data? e.g. different sources >>give different birth dates for AS? > >I use multiple source entries for the multiple sources, assign each >one a number under "Quality of data" corresponding to its >reliability, and arrange the sources for each event with the most >reliable at the top and the least reliable at the bottom. [] Yes, but you haven't quite answered John's question: if they give different dates, what do you put in the date box? (Unless, like me, you create multiple _events_, not just multiple source entries.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf If vegetarians eat vegetables,..beware of humanitarians!

At 03:30 PM 1/7/2012, J. P. Gilliver wrote: >Iif they give different dates, what do you put in the date box? The date provided by the most reliable source. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net