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
Steve,
I list everyone in that household in the source citation and/or notes. If you
are using shared citation they can be added without being added to your
database. They may prove to be connected later on or link to someone else. You
never know, ie one of my ancestor’s son later married the
Hi Steve,
It probably depends on why you are researching your family history.
My aim is to find out as much information as I can about my forebears,
including their living conditions, status, family circumstances and so on.
So to me it would be very important to record that they employed
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:
> Hi Steve,
>
> It probably depends on why you are researching
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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