Hi Pat,
The way I would handle this for the 1880 Census, when using, say, one Master
Source for all of the 1880 US Federal Census (see "lumping sources" in
previous discussions) is as follows:
1. On the Master Source for "Recorded Date" I would enter the official date
the 1880 Census began in the U.S., which was 1 June 1880.
2. On the Source Detail screen, I would enter the information such as "Head
of Household, Township, County, State, Roll #, ED, Page, etc. -- and the
Date -- that particular census page you are citing was actually filled out
or "recorded" by the local census enumerator.
3. Next, on the same screen for the Source Detail, where you see the place
for adding the "Recorded Date" again, with the button for clicking and
adding "Today's Date," I would enter the date I accessed the information on
Ancestry.com, or wherever I obtained a copy of, or viewed, the particular
census image.
Related: I then would put the appropriate extraction of information from the
census image under the Source's "Detail Text" tab. Add any comments (noted
misspellings, difficulty to read, or other comments of my own) under the
Source Detail "Comments" tab, and finally attach the image of the census
page under the "Pictures" tab.
Just one way of keeping the various dates concerning the citing of a
particular census page all straight. Hope this helps.
--
Dan Bateham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Hickin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LegacyUG" <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Citation-Recorded Date
I don't understand the "recorded date" on the "Source info" window.
I am working with the 1880 census for VA, B County, which I have used on
at least 1 previous occasion. Now I am using info from the same census on
a different person. So under "recorded date" I had entered the date I
first used the source. Now I am recording different info and so I want to
change the "recorded date."
But when I change the date, I am asked if I want to change the "recorded
date" for all references to the master source, or do I want a new copy of
the master source.
Well, the answer is neither--I just want to change the "recorded date" for
the info I'm recording now, today. I do NOT want it to change the
"recorded date" for all references to the master source, NOR do I want a
new copy of the master source in my list of sources.
Obviously, I don't understand the term. So, I click on "help," enter
"recorded date" in the
word(s) to search for the meaning of the term and am given a list of
NINETY-THREE TOPICS!!
Can somebody tell me what this "recorded date" is supposed to be FOR??
(Of course, when I get to the Detail window there's another place where it
says "recorded date" and has a "Today's Date" button to click on. This is
NOT the window I'm talking about now, but since the same term of "recorded
date" appears in both windows, I would conclude they're both referring to
the same information. It doesn't quite make sense to me.)
And I doubt that I'm quite making sense too! But thanks for any help!
Pat
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