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

The only reason to create a Crime or other custom fact is if you wanted to search for all persons having that fact type. Otherwise, just use the Miscellaneous fact and customize the sentence for that person to read the way you want. Tom

The one I encountered was still living, and for reasons of maintaining family peace (I was working with a close family member at the time and it was not my family) I just put it into: MISC Research note The note reads just as the online records showed except for here I have used dots to obscure the surnames . . . . , ANTHONY M. Records 1 to 2 of 2 * Anthony M . . . . , 54, Mentor, & Ralph . . . , 56, Willoughby, sentenced to prison for stealing more than $500,000 from Eaton Corp Plain Dealer 20 Dec, 1994, pg. 2 sec. B * Eaton Corp employees Anthony M . . . . , 54, & Ralph . . . , 56, have been charged with mail fraud for stealing up to $20,000 a month in insurance checks during the last five years Plain Dealer 25 May, 1994, pg. 3 sec. B 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 M. A. Beldin Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:35 PM To: ROOTSMAGIC-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] Fact template for arrest and Court appearance? 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 have a custom fact "Court Record." I have families with Preachers in them, but they are also the ones who have Court Records. Particularly after the Civil War (War Between the States) in Texas. Betty -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of M. A. Beldin Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:35 PM To: ROOTSMAGIC-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] Fact template for arrest and Court appearance? 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