Personally I just use the census event for all people in the house. My event definition looks like this
[FirstHeShe] appeared on the census of [Date] at [Address], [Place], listed as the [-Desc]. [CR][CR][Notes] This would transcibe into something like Robert appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 at 83 Hunter St, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, UK listed as the son of John and Mary age 18, a labourer in the iron works. So you can see I use the description field to show the relationship,age and occupation. In the notes I would enter a full transcript of the census but always surround this with [[ ]] to make it private. I can choose to print the private comments if I wish. Just my tuppence worth. Keith Bage BAGE One Name Study (GOONS registered # 4451) www.bage.org.uk P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=5917ADi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: 15 September 2006 20:29 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Census Records...best format - a ? for Cathy An alternative to using the description field to see if the person is the head of household is to create a new event like CENSUS - HOH and use that for the HOH and the other CENSUS event for non-HOH individuals. That way you would be free to use the description field for any person. Just a thought. On 9/9/06, Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Cathy, > > I think I'm answering my own question here - I prowled in the old > archives (courtesy of the link posted this morning - thank you, > Charles H.), and found an older post in which you wrote: > > I add a transcript of the household in the Census Event Notes for the > head of household. For others I put the Head of household in the > Description box along with their relationship to the Head of household > (for 1851 census on) whether that be child or servant or boarder etc. > If they are a servant or boarder, I put the transcript in their Census > Event Notes, even if the head of household is in my database. > > This means I have two main Census Event Sentences: > Where Date, Place are filled: > [FirstHeShe] was recorded on the British census of [Date] [inPlace] as > head of household.[Sources][CR][Notes] > > Where all fields are filled: > [FirstHeShe] was recorded on the British census of [Date] [atPlace] in > the household of [Desc].[Sources][CR][Notes] For the occasional times > these sentences don't work very well, I use a Sentence Override. > > In the Census Event Notes for each person, I make a note only if there > is something different or unexpected in the census information - like > age or name. eg my Great Grandfather William Melville HARRIS appears > as Melville on one census. Another couple of ancestors are > consistently 2 years younger in the censuses than they were at marriage and death. > > I'll give this a try. Thanks for posting this earlier! > > Carol > > > Cathy, > > > > Would you mind explaining exactly what your revised sentence > > definitions look like? I think I really like your way of entering > > census info and > would > > like to give it a try [but don't want to screw it up]. I have long > > been bothered by the repetition of my census data on reports, etc. > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > Carol > > > > > > > > Hi Jennifer, > > > I enter a Census event for every person but I only put the > > > transcription in the Event Notes for the Head of household. For > > > everyone else I enter the Head of household and the person's > > > relationship to the Head in the Description Field. > > > I have changed the Event Sentence Definitions so that if the > > > Description is empty, the sentence concludes "as head of household." > > > and if the Description has a name it concludes "in the household > > > of Joe Bloggs as Cook" or "in the household of Mary Jones, her mother." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
