Steve, just as an aside, and not as a long term genealogist, I have
an event called servants which I use for any census paper
that has one, giving names etc. Means I can search on it and as
someone else commented, give more depth to results on a particular
family. I
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Household Staff on Census Forms
I never used to, but I have found over the years that many of my families took
on nieces and nephews to be their 'staff', so surprising individuals turned up
where I least expected them!
Ros
On 14/01/2016 00:09, Janet McLeod wrote:
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Household Staff on Census Forms
I have even found Boarders that were either family members or married a family
member. I usually add them to my To-Do list. I don't add servants unless I
have proof they are related. I did it once for a family servant
Hi,
I have a question about staff/servant that are listed as part of a household
on a census form.
I am looking at a 1910 United States Federal Census that has 2 people listed
as part of the household; a cook and a nurse. I do not include these people
as part of the household when entering
:09 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Household Staff on Census Forms
Hi,
I have a question about staff/servant that are listed as part of a household on
a census form.
I am looking at a 1910 United States Federal Census that has 2 people listed as
part of the hou
staff.
Likewise when themselves were the staff.
Jan
From: Steve Wilson [mailto:ltsj...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 14 January 2016 9:39 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Household Staff on Census Forms
Hi,
I have a question about staff/servant that are listed
ves were the staff.
>
> Jan
>
> *From:*Steve Wilson [mailto:ltsj...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 14 January 2016 9:39 AM
> *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
> *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Household Staff on Census Forms
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about staff/serva
On 13 Jan 2016 at 18:09, Steve Wilson wrote:
> I am looking at a 1910 United States Federal Census that has 2 people listed
> as part of the household; a cook and a nurse. I do not include these people as
> part of the household when entering census information. What do other people
> do?
I
I always include them in the transcription of the household. They say so
much about the household whether it's family who employed servants or
family working as servants.
I knew of one for years who was with the family for two censuses and had
actually moved with the family. I've since discovered
I agree, I would enter them in the transcription of the census entry.
When abstracting a record, I feel it's appropriate to leave out certain
language (like boilerplate language in a deed), but when transcribing a
record, it's not appropriate to selectively edit the material (usually
and not
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