Re: [Gramps-users] How do you handle discrepancies?.

[Jesse M. <da...@gm...>]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Nathan Hartley <na...@7h...> wrote:

> I am new to this process and software. One of the things that I am having
> trouble with is how to deal with the discrepancies. Grandma says one thing,
> an uncle another. How do I best record the information I have, until I have
> the time to research further?


As other people said, record both, with citations.

But one thing to add to this - sooner or later you may discover which event
is factual.  Then you may have the urge to automatically delete the wrong
event.  If I were you, I'd reconsider.  Because that "wrong" data may still
be needed for research.  If someone had a habit of lying about their age
(perhaps to enter into military service, or just to seem younger), you'll
want to know both the actual birthdate and the wrong birthdate because
records may use either birthdate.  If a children were mistaken about their
parent's country of birth, you'd want to keep both the right and wrong
country to search for records involving ethnicity - such as US census
records.  If someone lied about their parentage, their "wrong" parent(s)
may end up on such documents as marriage certificates.

So figure out a way how you will deal with information that you know is
wrong, but may be useful.

Just my $.02