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From: "Caroline Gurney" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Getting rid of Roles
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:20 -0000
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Rae Jean wrote:

> Caroline
> Please share your sentences for Will and Census tags. Both are prominent
in
> my dataset.
>
> Have to say I spend an incredible amount of time working out inter-active
> role sentences. What I would like is a way to achieve similar results
> without using as many custom roles.

Rae Jean,

That was my experience as well. You will see from the following examples
that all the "meat" goes in the Memo. I use split Memo fields where
necessary.

My Census sentence is:

[PF] was recorded in the census of [D] <[L]>. He was enumerated as [M]
[PF] was recorded in the census of [D] <[L]>. She was enumerated as [M]

This comes out as:

Robert was recorded in the census of 30 March 1851 at the Carpenter's Shop,
Dean, Bedfordshire. He was enumerated as Robert Eaton, the head of
household, aged 29 and born at Barham, Hunts. (The information about place
of birth is not correct. Robert was actually born at Dean, Bedfordshire. It
was his wife, Sarah, who was born at Barham.) Other members of his household
were his wife, Sarah, daughter Betsy, and sons John and Thomas.

or:

Edgar was recorded in the census of 31 March 1901 at 68 Frances Road, New
Windsor, Berkshire. He was enumerated as Edgar Davis, an unmarried boarder
in the household of George Miles, a tapissier at Windsor Castle, and his
wife Harriet. Edgar was employed as a telephone clerk at the Castle. He was
aged 19 and born in Scotland.

My Will sentence is:

[PF] made [PP] will <[D]>. [M]

This comes out as:

William made his will on 15 July 1696. He described himself as "William
Eaton, carpenter, of Nether Dean, Bedfordshire". He left his "Cottage house
and Close with all the appurtenances" to his son, Thomas Eaton. He left all
the rest of his estate, goods and chattels to his executors, John Fox and
Richard Wagstaff. Although the will does not say so, this money was
presumably intended to be used for the maintenance of his 15 year old son
Thomas. The will was witnessed by Francis and Nathaniel Plowman and John
Fisher.

or:

Roger made his will on 12 July 1740. He was described as "Roger Mew of
Daggons in the parish of Cranbourne, Yeoman". The witnesses were Thomas
Norris, John Gray and Mary Essex. The last named was probably a relative of
his wife, Mary Mew née Essex. Roger left only 2s 6d (about £12 in today's
terms) to his oldest son, John, presumably because he was to inherit the
farm. He left bequests totalling £160 (about £15,000) to his three youngest
children. The rest of his estate was bequeathed to his wife, Mary.

For those whose names appear in a Will I use a custom Will Role tag. The
sentence is:

[M1], dated [D]. [M2]

This comes out as:

Bessie was the only one of William Munden's children not to receive a legacy
in his will, dated 27 May 1895. Instead, he left £200 on trust to her two
sisters, Ellen and Sarah, to provide for the maintenance and education of
her children. It appears from this that he had cut Bessie off completely.

or:

His father, Richard Cates, left him "all ye colle bages" in his will, dated
18 July 1697. It is unclear exactly what this means - probably "all the coal
bags". Perhaps the family ran a business shipping coal in or out of the port
of East Lulworth?

Caroline Gurney
Portsmouth, UK


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