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From: "arlene parnes" <>
Subject: TMG-L: Re: witness and sentences (chgd from tombstones)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:05:51 -0400

Can't say that I like the word "witness" in any other context than that a
person was actually a "witness" to something. I think that is a legal
concept and I am stuck with it. That is one of the things that makes TMG so
difficult to handle.

Wonder what an attorney would say................

The other thing that drives me crazy are those awful sentences - I imported
from UFT over 2300 individuals and how in the world does one go thru all of
that and make clean sentences. Going into a word processor doesn't do it,
as there is no way to re-import the corrected material to
TMG.................
Arlene

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Lamacraft <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, September 1, 1999 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: TMG-L: New user question re tombstones


>At 19:49 1/09/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>When recording citations from compiled cemetery tombstone records, I
>>have been recording the details from the stones under the Burial tag.
>>Correct? Couldn't find a tombstone/gravestone tag.
>>
>>I would like to be able to show somewhere/somehow that other persons
>>are buried at the same site or stone --- but obviously, these persons
>>are not "witnessess" to the event. Am reluctant to call them witnesses
>>as it may be misconstrued that they were live witnesses to the burial.
>>Is there anyway to do this and show the information like witness
>>information is shown or would it have to be shown in the memo attached
>>to the burial info and then repeat this memo for each person?
>
>K.T.,
>There are several approaches to this (as is often the case in TMG).
>
>What I would do is make the tombstoner a Source of the "Cemetery Marker"
>category and place all the detail in it or as exhibits to it. I would then
>cite that source for all the persons named whether living or dead in
>appropriate tags.
>
>The issue of the word "witnesses" is a recurring one on this list. It would
>do well many TMG users to refresh to their view of the alternative (and
>correct) meanings of the word "witness" in a large dictionary. The
>colloquial restricted meaning of the word "witness" to a person that
>observes an event or was present at the event is very restrictive within
>the possible uses of the word. You will find that the TMG use of the word
>is entirely correct.
>
>I would make the persons buried together witnesses of the burial of the
>first person (or main person) in the grave. I would like to differentiate
>further amongst the different roles of witnesses in such an epitaph but at
>the moment there is no way in TMG to do that.
>
>Robin
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