* Gaol Record - How best to record information

[David Potter]

Hi Forum

I have a Gaol Record for an ancestor dated 1848 from the Quarter Session of Ruardean, Herefordshire, England.

Does anyone have any suggestions for how best to record this? I can't find any pre-existing suitable Fact Type to help with this.


BR

David

[tatewise]

You are correct David, there is no standard Fact, so you must use one or more custom Facts.

In this General Usage Forum perform a Search for criminal to find several useful threads on the topic.

I recommend the approach offered by NickiP in Crime and Punishment Record FH6.2 (14227).
It uses just one custom Fact but uses labelled meta-fields in the Note field to customise the Sentence.
This technique also exports well in Gedcom to other genealogy products.
See how_to:narrative_report_fact_sentence_templates|> Narrative Report Fact Sentence Templates for details of using Custom Fact Fields.

See Fact for 'admittance to a home'. (14274) with suggestions for dealing with 'residence' in institutions.

[David Potter]

Thank you Mike

I'll take a look. Much appreciated.

BR

David