Is there a defined/preferred method to attach notes to a place? For example, I have a cemetery that is difficult to get to. I want to include directions to simplify things. It seems absurd to include this for each person but would be great to link to the location.
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There is no way in gedcom to attach a note to a place. Probably the best place for this is in the burial fact for the people who are buried in this cemetery.
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You can easily copy facts from one person to another in v3.1 using the edit raw gedcom feature. In this example you can add a BURI record to one of the individuals adding the notes and sources that you want. Then view the raw gedcom for the person. Copy all of the lines for the BURI subrecord:
1 BURI
2 DATE 1 JAN 1900
2 PLAC cemetery
2 NOTE directions to cemetery
Then edit the raw gedcom for each of the individuals buried in this cemetary and paste these lines at the end of their record and change the date.
--John
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After reading some of the other replies to the threads on Sources it occurs to me to create a Source for each cemetery using a NOTE there to describe the location and a Citation for the grave. hmmm.
As an aside, is PhpGedView on track to add functionality to create Sources?
Taine
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Is there a defined/preferred method to attach notes to a place? For example, I have a cemetery that is difficult to get to. I want to include directions to simplify things. It seems absurd to include this for each person but would be great to link to the location.
There is no way in gedcom to attach a note to a place. Probably the best place for this is in the burial fact for the people who are buried in this cemetery.
PGV TIP:
You can easily copy facts from one person to another in v3.1 using the edit raw gedcom feature. In this example you can add a BURI record to one of the individuals adding the notes and sources that you want. Then view the raw gedcom for the person. Copy all of the lines for the BURI subrecord:
1 BURI
2 DATE 1 JAN 1900
2 PLAC cemetery
2 NOTE directions to cemetery
Then edit the raw gedcom for each of the individuals buried in this cemetary and paste these lines at the end of their record and change the date.
--John
After reading some of the other replies to the threads on Sources it occurs to me to create a Source for each cemetery using a NOTE there to describe the location and a Citation for the grave. hmmm.
As an aside, is PhpGedView on track to add functionality to create Sources?
Taine
Hi Taine,
Version 3.1 which was just released will allow you to create new sources.
--John