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From: Julie Kidd <>
Subject: TMG-L: New user question re tombstones
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:30:52 -0400


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>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?

Thanks for help. I did look in the manual and checked the help screens but
am unable to find anything. Probably some simple answer, but this program
is so awesome, I am overwhelmed with all the stuff that can be done!
KT.<

My suggestion is to not worry that the label says witness, but learn to
think of it as an associate. The verbage is just that. . . .verbage.

What you need to do to define each person's role in the event . . .however
they are associated . . . in the sentence structure, which you can modify
so the wording clearly defines their role: "is buried next to. . . ", "is
buried in the same cemetery as. . . ", "paid for the plot of. . ." or "was
present at the burial of . . . ", "wrote the epitaph for the tombstone of .
. . ." and so forth.

Julie


Julie


http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/
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