Add new fields for extended burial, baptism & marriage

[Sandra-AW]

Can fields be added in FR so the field can also be added to FreeComETT?

Fields:

• consecrated_ground (Burials)
• person_occupation (Burials)
• Suffix (Esq. etc.) (All events)
• Alternative names (All events)
• Parish (for burials)

Once the changes are made to the app there will be a number of documentation changes to make:

• update the Extended burial fields spreadsheet and upload to Refinery
• add field requirements for Occupation and other new fields to Extended Burial fields page
• update index to Extended Burial fields page
• update link to download the updated burial fields spreadsheet on Extended Burial fields page
• repeat the above for new Extended Baptism fields
• repeat for new Extended Marriage fields

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• Once all fields are added, check Help for the correct information.

[stsccfr]

Vino suggested making a single case for all requests to add new fields to the FlexCSV scheme, so I will add some more here, but it might be a good idea to retitle this one appropriately, if that is possible.

I request addition of a field for burial records for consecrated_ground, which is found in cemetery registers and which would have the values of Y, yes, N, no, the latter two implying that the register explicitly says unconsecrated ground.

Also for burial records (specifically cemetery registers) a field called 'parish' which would hold either the parish from which the body was removed (specified in earlier registers) or the parish in which the abode was situated (specified in later registers).

Also, fields to hold alternative names for at least the main people in all event types (the person being baptised, buried or groom or bride). These would allow entering records that say things like:

JONES otherwise SMITH (aliases and adopted names)
Joseph alias Timmy (nicknames)
JONES formerly SMITH formerly WILLIAMS (for women married multiple times)
Helena (Ellen) (for Catholic registers, which always used Latinised forenames)

Also, suffixes for at least the main people in all event types, to hold things like Junior, Senior, Esquire, III, Bart, etc.

[Vino-S]

Occupation for burial record, ready for testing in test3.
Estimate of 5 for other changes

[stsccfr]

Vino told me that the new field for occupation in burial records is called 'person_occupation'. I tested this by uploading a file to test3 and it was accepted. However, the new field is not being displayed in search results, so a little more needs to be done before this is fully implemented. (In case it is useful, my test file is called STSCSEBU.CSV and is in account stsccfr on test3. Search for the burial of Enoch Clempson in 1915 and it should show his occupation as Labourer.)

[DeniseColbert]

@stsccfr to test if display is correct.

[stsccfr]

This is still not working entirely. I repeated my search for the burial of Enoch CLEMPSON in Staffordshire in 1915. The search results page still does not show any Occupation field. If I log into the system as a Coordinator so that I can Browse Entries in the file (STSCSEBU.CSV) then the html table does include a column for Occupation. However, if I click the SH button to show the full record for Enoch Clempson, the Occupation field is not shown.

[DeniseColbert]

Dale to test person_occupation

[stsccfr]

I tested this on test3 and it's now working. The Person Occupation field is displayed in search results.

[DeniseColbert]

Dale to test 'consecrated' field

[stsccfr]

Yes, the new consecrated_ground field is working. Files containing it are accepted by the test3 server and it is also being displayed in search results.

[Vino-S]

Alternate names: only for forenames