{"id":6684,"date":"2017-05-23T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T00:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=6684"},"modified":"2017-05-23T19:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T00:45:29","slug":"only-as-precise-as-it-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/only-as-precise-as-it-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Only As Precise As It Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6685\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/approximate-sources-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/approximate-sources-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/approximate-sources-768x862.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/approximate-sources-624x701.jpg 624w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/approximate-sources.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/>The modern use of GPS sometimes makes researchers think that every location can or should be known with exact precision.\u00a0That&#8217;s not always possible nor is it always necessary. Only include in your database locations as precise as the actual record indicates. Don&#8217;t assume any more precision than the record provides.<\/p>\n<p>A marriage record for an ancestral couple indicated they married in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1830. Based upon other records for their families it&#8217;s probable that the couple married in or near Jackson Township. But the marriage record does not state that&#8211;either directly or indirectly. My suspicion regarding the location could be put in my notes for that couple along with the evidence that supports that conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes our knowledge of the location will only be as specific as the county&#8211;and that&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The modern use of GPS sometimes makes researchers think that every location can or should be known with exact precision.\u00a0That&#8217;s not always possible nor is it always necessary. Only include in your database locations as precise as the actual record indicates. Don&#8217;t assume any more precision than the record provides. A marriage record for an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}