My first comment is that you need not be proud or not of the actions of this ancestor. We are not here to judge, but to record the facts of the person. This type of information does give us a sense of the person, but remember to put it into context of the time period. What were the laws of the time and location? Was she rebelling or trying to earn a living? Second: How to note this in RootsMagic. - The fact list does not give any choice for this except Misc. Be sure to include the specific source and its details. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:35 PM, M. A. Beldin <mabeldin@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, aside from using Miscellaneous, has anyone created a Fact that would > cover a person getting arrested for a crime? > > My gr gr grandmother was arrested for having 3 dozen bottles of lager in > her home in 1888. While I am not proud of this (although it does make me > chuckle), I have prayed and prayed for one of my ancestors to have > committed some sort of crime (albeit a minor one) so that I could find at > least SOMETHING on them. I have those kind of ancestors who seemed to have > been born, married and died in a void, or that big black hole in the sky. > So when I found a newspaper article naming my grandmother and a neighbor as > each having 3 dozen bottles of beer in their house, I have to say I was > somewhat excited. > > I have the newspaper article and plan to go to the courthouse to try and > find the court records. But my problem is, how would I enter this fact in > RootsMagic? > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks > Margie in Washington State > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I might try 1888 MISC Newspaper mentions - illegal beer possession put the detail in the notes If you of a mind to explore further see what you can learn of the times in that place, when-how-why voted dry etc; what was the WTCU doing in that locale Paul A. Studly, Esq. paulstudly@studly.net Cleveland/Chesterland, Ohio 440-829-9207 Verizon Cell   IRS Circular 230 - Any tax advice contained in the body of this correspondence was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions. -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Suzanne Brayer Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:54 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] Fact template for arrest and Court appearance? My first comment is that you need not be proud or not of the actions of this ancestor. We are not here to judge, but to record the facts of the person. This type of information does give us a sense of the person, but remember to put it into context of the time period. What were the laws of the time and location? Was she rebelling or trying to earn a living? Second: How to note this in RootsMagic. - The fact list does not give any choice for this except Misc. Be sure to include the specific source and its details. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:35 PM, M. A. Beldin <mabeldin@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, aside from using Miscellaneous, has anyone created a Fact that > would cover a person getting arrested for a crime? > > My gr gr grandmother was arrested for having 3 dozen bottles of lager > in her home in 1888. While I am not proud of this (although it does > make me chuckle), I have prayed and prayed for one of my ancestors to > have committed some sort of crime (albeit a minor one) so that I could > find at least SOMETHING on them. I have those kind of ancestors who > seemed to have been born, married and died in a void, or that big black hole in the sky. > So when I found a newspaper article naming my grandmother and a > neighbor as each having 3 dozen bottles of beer in their house, I have > to say I was somewhat excited. > > I have the newspaper article and plan to go to the courthouse to try > and find the court records. But my problem is, how would I enter this > fact in RootsMagic? > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks > Margie in Washington State > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message