I am using this plugin to find any possible anomalies in my data. I have read the knowledge base on this plugin and also the forum questions about it. I still have a few questions that I hope some other experienced users can provide an answer based on their use.
1. I have been entering burial dates, when I have found them, and also entering a death year or quarter and year. The report does not like this and shows that this death date extends later than at least one 'post death' date i.e. the burial. From this I gather that the plugin uses the 31st December in a year in the absence of an full date having been entered. What do other FH users do to overcome this report issue? I do not want to enter a false unproven date just to satisfy a plugin report.
2. On marriage records it can sometimes show the previous occupation for a parent that was deceased at the time of the marriage. This produces report of a post death fact. How do other FH users enter this information from the marriage records or do they ignore it completely as it adds no real value, unless the occupation was previously unknown.
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Re: Project Statistics output questions
These are not strictly Plugin checks, but a reiteration of FH Data Entry validation checks.
If you were to re-enter those Facts, then FH would raise identical warning messages.
It is possible that the Facts were entered prior to those checks being introduced.
In FH the checks can be disabled via Tools > Preferences > General > Warn of Possible Errors on Data Entry.
In the Plugin the checks can be disabled on its Options tab using the last three Fact Date tick options.
If you were to re-enter those Facts, then FH would raise identical warning messages.
It is possible that the Facts were entered prior to those checks being introduced.
In FH the checks can be disabled via Tools > Preferences > General > Warn of Possible Errors on Data Entry.
In the Plugin the checks can be disabled on its Options tab using the last three Fact Date tick options.
- The problem here is the Date Range Died Q3 1840 (1 Jul - 30 Sep 1840) overlaps Buried 29 Aug 1840.
A solution is to say Died before 29 Aug 1840 or Died circa 28 Aug 1840.
Or just Died 1840 I think, because it seems OK in 2. where Died 1856 is OK with Buried 13 Jul 1856. - A similar solution works here by saying Occupation before 13 Jul 1856.
The Fact Date is typically NOT the Date of the Source document (Marriage Certificate in this case) but is the Date of the Fact evidenced by the document. If you want to record the document Date then put it in the Citation Entry Date.
e.g.
A Birth Certificate is dated when the Birth was Registered, but is evidence of the Date of Birth.
A Death Certificate is dated when Death was Registered, but can also supply the Date of Birth.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry