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From: "Dennis Norton" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Named in a Will
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:14:34 -0400
References: <2003101115715.645538@TERRY2>


Thanks Terry and Theresa. You've both given me some good things to think
about. My obvious direction has to be to really get into using Roles.
That's my next TMG function to master. Since this family has been a very
difficult one (because of the name John Jones), I have very little
information. Therefore I want this information to show up in both the
father's records and narratives and the children's. So I think I will end
up looking at what both of you are suggesting. Then I'll have it on both
sides.

Thanks, Dennis


----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Reigel" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Named in a Will


> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:56:39 -0400, Dennis Norton wrote:
> > I have a number of names in a will from 1832, listed as
> > "All children of deceased". Additionally, "All to appear
> > at Surrogate's Court 1 Oct., 1832 at Johnstown."
> >
> >
> > Should I list all these children as Witnesses? Or should
> > I use Roles which I am just starting to get into? Or
> > should I note them in some other fashion. I'm using this
> > to prove the relationship to the father.
>
> The answer is, "it depends." There is no need to list the children as
> Witnesses just because you want to use the will to prove relationship
> to the father. You do that with Sources, where you would use the will
> as a Source, and cite it for the relationship.
>
> However, if you want the fact that they were named in the will to show
> up in narratives, and not just in source notes, then entering them as
> witnesses in a Will Tag is the way to do that. The next question is,
> where do you want that fact mentioned? In the narrative for the
> father, in the narrative for each child, or both? The default sentence
> structure for witnesses will appear only in children's narratives, and
> will say that they "witnessed" the will - not what you want. You can
> customize the sentence structure for each witness to better say what
> you mean. But setting up roles is easier in the long run. You create
> the sentence structure once, and then just choose the appropriate
> role.
>
> If you want to have the fact to appear in the father's narrative, you
> can do it with ordinary Witnesses as long as all your witnesses have
> the same role in the will. If some are executors, some heirs, and some
> are "mentioned" you need to use Roles to keep them straight in the
> father's narrative.
>
> Terry Reigel
>
>
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