One of my observations is that I often have a 'note' at the bottom of my sources on Ancestry. One of those notes was a 'burial' note. Most of the time, they are titled, 'residence note'. Pictured is such a note on the record for George Mentzer in my Crawford-Briles tree.
- 1910 Residence
- 1905 Residence
- 1900 Residence
- 1895 Residence
- 1880 Residence
- 1871 Residence
- 1870 Residence
- 1869 Residence
- 1861-1869 Residence
- 1850 Residence
When I view the Residence note, it is obvious it is a note for the 1910 census.
On RootsMagic, I have a different note attached to the other events. Pictured is the screen for the 1850 residence event.
My theory about how this happened is based on how I did TreeShare. Since I had lots of 'data' to transfer at one time, I simply clicked on each RM residence fact and checked the box to upload the NOTES. Thus, the notes for numerous residence events were transferred at one time. I'm guessing that the last residence fact uploaded became the residence note on Ancestry and, unfortunately, linked to all of the residence facts I uploaded at the same time.
Thus, I am deleting those notes from Ancestry as I find them in my tree.
On RM, I am putting all of those event notes into the person note. I have verified that those notes will transfer to the NOTES window on Ancestry.
Now I need to check my Fact Notes based on what you found. Shoot. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I just posted my thoughts about all of this and linked to your posts. Expect some spike in your blog stats!
ReplyDeleteI tested this and found an issue under certain conditions. It has been reported to RootsMagic development.
ReplyDeleteIt only happens if I am updating multiple facts of the same type by adding a note. Using Accept Changes only once. With 4 residence facts being updated it will use the first residence note on all of them. If I update each residence fact separately, by adding a note, they will each get separate notes. So for now if you have to update a fact with a note make the changes separately when you have the same fact type.
If you are adding the residence fact that includes notes you can add them all at the same time without an issue. It's only with updating that you will experience an issue with the same note being used.
To fix what is on Ancestry now delete the single residence fact. Then in TreeShare update each residence fact by itself to include the note and you will get individual notes on each of them.
Correction: To fix what is on Ancestry now delete the single residence NOTE. Then in TreeShare update each residence fact by itself to include the note and you will get individual notes on each of them.
ReplyDelete