Opinions and Votes needed

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Michael Kenefick

Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av Michael Kenefick » 19 okt 2006 03:29:42

Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I may
add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.

Mike in Ohio

Start with what you know and work your way back as far as possible.
Leave blank any question you are not comfortable answering, do not know
or that event has not happened, like DODs.
Next, repeat for your parents and siblings. The Your Name field becomes
the Your Father’s Name, the Your Spouse’s Name becomes Your Mothers
Name. The Children would then be your brothers and sisters. If needed,
I can make a second sheet displaying that information. Return to
Kenefick@copper.net:

Your Name:
Your Date of Birth (DOB):
Your Place of Birthplace (POB):
Your current residence:
Your Date of Death (DOD):
Are you married:
Date of wedding:
Your Spouse’s Name:
Your Spouse’s DOB:
Your Spouse’s POB:
Your Spouse’s DOD:
Do you have any children:
1ST Child’s Name:
1ST Child’s DOB:
1ST Child’s POB:
1ST Child’s DOD:
2ST Child’s Name:
2ST Child’s DOB:
2ST Child’s POB:
2ST Child’s DOD:
3ST Child’s Name:
3ST Child’s DOB:
3ST Child’s POB:
3ST Child’s DOD:
4ST Child’s Name:
4ST Child’s DOB:
4ST Child’s POB:
4ST Child’s DOD:
5ST Child’s Name:
5ST Child’s DOB:
5ST Child’s POB:
5ST Child’s DOD:

Anne Chambers

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av Anne Chambers » 19 okt 2006 04:46:07

Michael Kenefick wrote:

Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I may
add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.

Mike in Ohio

Start with what you know and work your way back as far as possible.
Leave blank any question you are not comfortable answering, do not know
or that event has not happened, like DODs.
Next, repeat for your parents and siblings. The Your Name field becomes
the Your Father’s Name, the Your Spouse’s Name becomes Your Mothers
Name. The Children would then be your brothers and sisters. If needed,
I can make a second sheet displaying that information. Return to
Kenefick@copper.net:

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Your Date of Death (DOD):

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How on earth can you fill in your own date of death ???


--
Anne Chambers, South Australia

James A. Doemer

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 19 okt 2006 04:51:51

In News 4poa1eFjr8g2U1@individual.net,, Anne Chambers at me@privacy.net,
typed this:

Michael Kenefick wrote:

Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I
may add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.

Mike in Ohio

Start with what you know and work your way back as far as possible.
Leave blank any question you are not comfortable answering, do not
know or that event has not happened, like DODs.
Next, repeat for your parents and siblings. The Your Name field
becomes the Your Father’s Name, the Your Spouse’s Name becomes Your
Mothers Name. The Children would then be your brothers and sisters.
If needed, I can make a second sheet displaying that information. Return
to Kenefick@copper.net:

snip
Your Date of Death (DOD):

snip

How on earth can you fill in your own date of death ???

Well, I suppose if you were planning your suicide or something, it would be
possible...

Ron Head

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av Ron Head » 19 okt 2006 04:56:07

"Michael Kenefick" <kenefick@copper.net> wrote in message
news:4536E316.1020809@copper.net...
Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I may
add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.

Mike in Ohio

Start with what you know and work your way back as far as possible.
Leave blank any question you are not comfortable answering, do not know
or that event has not happened, like DODs.
Next, repeat for your parents and siblings. The Your Name field becomes
the Your Father’s Name, the Your Spouse’s Name becomes Your Mothers
Name. The Children would then be your brothers and sisters. If needed,
I can make a second sheet displaying that information. Return to
Kenefick@copper.net:

Your Name:
Your Date of Birth (DOB):
Your Place of Birthplace (POB):
Your current residence:
Your Date of Death (DOD):
Are you married:
Date of wedding:
Your Spouse’s Name:
Your Spouse’s DOB:
Your Spouse’s POB:
Your Spouse’s DOD:
Do you have any children:
1ST Child’s Name:
1ST Child’s DOB:
1ST Child’s POB:
1ST Child’s DOD:
2ST Child’s Name:
2ST Child’s DOB:
2ST Child’s POB:
2ST Child’s DOD:
3ST Child’s Name:
3ST Child’s DOB:
3ST Child’s POB:
3ST Child’s DOD:
4ST Child’s Name:
4ST Child’s DOB:
4ST Child’s POB:
4ST Child’s DOD:
5ST Child’s Name:
5ST Child’s DOB:
5ST Child’s POB:
5ST Child’s DOD:

1ST doesn't bother me, but "2ST," "3ST," "4ST," and "5ST" are more than a
little weird. How about
2ND, 3RD, 4TH, and 5TH instead?

In any case, I agree that using a pre-printed form will get you better
results--although I predict that asking just a few specific questions at a
time would be even more successful!

Joe Roberts

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av Joe Roberts » 19 okt 2006 05:58:09

"James A. Doemer" wrote:
Anne Chambers wrote:
Michael Kenefick wrote:

Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I
may add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.

Mike in Ohio

Start with what you know and work your way back as far as possible.
Leave blank any question you are not comfortable answering, do not
know or that event has not happened, like DODs.
Next, repeat for your parents and siblings. The Your Name field
becomes the Your Father’s Name, the Your Spouse’s Name becomes Your
Mothers Name. The Children would then be your brothers and sisters.
If needed, I can make a second sheet displaying that information. ...

snip

Your Date of Death (DOD):

snip

How on earth can you fill in your own date of death ???

Well, I suppose if you were planning your suicide or something,
it would be possible...

Good question ...

How about put in something like: "Abt 2106"

.... and ...

(a) Do low cholesterol, low carbs, high fiber.

(b) Exercise a lot.

(c) Pray hard.

(d) Commit one's bod to cryogenics, get frozen, and let science fix it
later on.

(e) If science fixes the bod, get the church to reconnect the soul,
etc.

(f) Let the grandkids and LDS work out the details in Family Tree Maker
2106.

Just a suggestion, of course.

Joe

Michael Kenefick

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av Michael Kenefick » 19 okt 2006 12:10:38

Hello Robert,

I did not know about this. I will check it out. A standardized form
would probably be better. Mike

Robert Melson wrote:
In article <4536E316.1020809@copper.net>,
Michael Kenefick <kenefick@copper.net> writes:

Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I may
add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.


snip

Mike,

Might I suggest you make things easier for yourself by using the
Family Group Record form from Ancestry?

http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/familysheet.htm

If you must provide instructions - and I'm sure you will, human
nature being what it is - the pre-printed form will reduce or
eliminate a lot of confusion.

Secretarial Ol' Bob

Kay Archer

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av Kay Archer » 19 okt 2006 14:32:19

Your Date of Death (DOD):

That'll be a tricky one...

singhals

Re: Opinions and Votes needed

Legg inn av singhals » 19 okt 2006 21:54:28

Michael Kenefick wrote:

Hello SKSs,

Tell me what you think of the form below. I plan to e-mail it to
relatives to sure up the missing data. Would you add any thing? I may
add lines and spacing if I have to snail mail.

Mike in Ohio

Start with what you know and work your way back as far as possible.
Leave blank any question you are not comfortable answering, do not know
or that event has not happened, like DODs.
Next, repeat for your parents and siblings. The Your Name field becomes
the Your Father’s Name, the Your Spouse’s Name becomes Your Mothers
Name. The Children would then be your brothers and sisters. If needed,
I can make a second sheet displaying that information. Return to
Kenefick@copper.net:

Your Name:
Your Date of Birth (DOB):
Your Place of Birthplace (POB):
Your current residence:
Your Date of Death (DOD):

Are you married:
Date of wedding:

Your Spouse’s Name:
Your Spouse’s DOB:
Your Spouse’s POB:
Your Spouse’s DOD:

Do you have any children:
1ST Child’s Name:
1ST Child’s DOB:
1ST Child’s POB:
1ST Child’s DOD:

2ST Child’s Name:
2ST Child’s DOB:
2ST Child’s POB:
2ST Child’s DOD:

3ST Child’s Name:
3ST Child’s DOB:
3ST Child’s POB:
3ST Child’s DOD:

4ST Child’s Name:
4ST Child’s DOB:
4ST Child’s POB:
4ST Child’s DOD:

5ST Child’s Name:
5ST Child’s DOB:
5ST Child’s POB:
5ST Child’s DOD:



Better put a blank line between each section as I did above.

You can PROBABLY omit "Your Date of Death (DOD):" (because most
cemeteries don't get e-mail) and the DoD for the children if the person
you're e-mailing is under 50 (because relatively few people under 50
would have had a child pre-decease them).

Personally, "When and Where were you born" is a more conversational way
of asking and not nearly so intimidating. What I've found by sad sad
experience is that if I ask questions they don't have the answers to
they don't send the form back.

Cheryl

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