Add a witness - Revision history

Leonhaeuser at 10:12, 10 October 2012

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‎Add all people to the baptize event

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Bmcage: New page: This article explains how you add a witness to an event. Category:How do I... == Create the witness as person == We strongly suggest to add the witness to the persons in your databa...

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New page: This article explains how you add a witness to an event. Category:How do I... == Create the witness as person == We strongly suggest to add the witness to the persons in your databa...

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This article explains how you add a witness to an event.

[[Category:How do I...]]

== Create the witness as person ==
We strongly suggest to add the witness to the persons in your database. So go to the person view, and add them. In many cases, the only information you have of that the person is his name, and a date on which he was certainly alive.

== Create the event ==
Create the event that has a witness. Eg the ''marriage event'' is added to a family, the ''will'' event to a person. These have the role 'Primary' in relation to the event (which can be set at the top of the event reference editor).

Now, share this same event with the witness if this person is in the
database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the event tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''

== Add all people to the baptize event ==
Normaly you know from a godfather/mother relationship from a baptize record. So create with the person that is baptized a baptize event. This person has role 'Primary' in the event. Now go to the events tab of the godfather/mother person, and click the index button to select an existing event. Select the baptize event you just made, and set the role of the person to godfather/mother.

The event is now a shared event.

== Alternative: don't create a person ==
Some people are averse to adding people to their family tree they only have a name of. First, allow us to point out why you should nevertheless make a person:
* GRAMPS supports this
* You might encounter the same person again in your research. Having him in the person view increases the likelyhood of you recognizing it is the same person as the one that appears as witness.
* The ''Find Duplicates'' tool has more information to work with.

If you nevertheless want to record the witness, without creating a person, use the attribute tab of the event instead. You can add to the event in the attribute tab, the attribute of type ''witness'', and with as value the name.

Alternitively, you can just record this information in a note attached to the event.

== See also ==
* [[Add a godfather-godmother]]

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 Create the event that has a witness. Eg the ''marriage event'' is added to a family, the ''will'' event to a person. These have the role 'Primary' in relation to the event, 'Family' on this family event (which can be set at the top of the event reference editor).
-== Add all people to the baptize event ==
+== Add all people to the mariage event ==
-Normaly you know from a godfather/mother relationship from a baptize record. So create with the person that is baptized a baptize event. This person has role 'Primary' in the event. Now go to the {{man label|Events}} tab of the godfather/mother person, and click the index button to select an existing event.  Select the baptize event you just made, and set the role of the person to godfather/mother.
+Now, share this same event with the witness if this person is in the database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the {{man label|Events}} tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''.
 The event is now a shared event.

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 Now, share this same event with the witness if this person is in the
-database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the event tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''.
+database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the {{man label|Events}} tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''.
 == Add all people to the baptize event ==

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	Now, share this same event with the witness if this person is in the		Now, share this same event with the witness if this person is in the
−	database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the event tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''	+	database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the event tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''.

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 == Create the witness as person ==
-We strongly suggest to add the witness to the persons in your database. So go to the person view, and add them. In many cases, the only information you have of that the person is his name, and a date on which he was certainly alive.
+We strongly suggest to add the witness related to the persons in your database. So go to the person view, and add them. In many cases, the only information you have of that the person is his name, and a date on which he was certainly alive.
 == Create the event ==

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 == See also ==
-* [[Add a godfather-godmother]]
+*[[Add a child]]
 [[Category:How do I...]]

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 If you nevertheless want to record the witness, without creating a person, use the attribute tab of the event instead. You can add to the event in the attribute tab, the attribute of type ''witness'', and with as value the name.
-Alternitively, you can just record this information in a note attached to the event.
+Alternatively, you can just record this information in a note attached to the event.
 == See also ==
 * [[Add a godfather-godmother]]