On 05-13-2011 03:11, Peter J. Seymour wrote: > It is however in my experience rare for an event to be assigned more > than one possible date. What do you mean by "assigned" ? I _often_ found competing claims in primary sources for the date of an event. I have also found different dates for an event reported BY the person the event pertained to. I found a date of death in a book allegedly of cemetery transcriptions published by a genealogical society, then went to the cemetery and found that the month was clearly legible on the stone and not the month stated in the book. etc. -- Wes Groleau There are two types of people in the world … http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157

Wes Groleau wrote: > On 05-13-2011 03:11, Peter J. Seymour wrote: >> It is however in my experience rare for an event to be assigned more >> than one possible date. > > What do you mean by "assigned" ? I _often_ found competing claims in > primary sources for the date of an event. > > I have also found different dates for an event reported BY the person > the event pertained to. > > I found a date of death in a book allegedly of cemetery transcriptions > published by a genealogical society, then went to the cemetery and found > that the month was clearly legible on the stone and not the month stated > in the book. > > etc. > And of course my GGF -- his hobby was lying about the year of his birth. If he hadn't held on to the same day-month, I'd never recognize him. Cheryl

On 2011-05-15 02:31, Wes Groleau wrote: > On 05-13-2011 03:11, Peter J. Seymour wrote: >> It is however in my experience rare for an event to be assigned more >> than one possible date. > > What do you mean by "assigned" ? I _often_ found competing claims in > primary sources for the date of an event. Try "found to have" or "has" for instance, possibly in conjunction with "apparently". > > I have also found different dates for an event reported BY the person > the event pertained to. Fair enough, if you are satisified they are the same event, the event has multiple dates pending further information. > > I found a date of death in a book allegedly of cemetery transcriptions > published by a genealogical society, then went to the cemetery and found > that the month was clearly legible on the stone and not the month stated > in the book. > > etc. > We probably all have simiar scenarios. It depends at what level I am recording information, but sometimes I "cheat" and don't record an identified wrong date (or at least only as a note not as a full-blown date), but then I am not doing it commercially. Peter