What happens then when you find another family in the 1930 census? Don't you run the risk of having the details from the first source overwrite those of the second?
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Elizabeth Richardson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have absolutely *major* census clean-up to do - a 5,000 person database > and not one census cited well enough for another person to locate the > original. The ease of citing sources in Legacy is one of the things I like > best about it. I watched Geoff's video on sources, and, although I do not > cite my federal census the way he does, I think I've got it about right. > > *Source List Name* - Census 1930 Census > *Author* - United States of America, Bureau of the Census > *Title* - 1930 United States Federal Census > *Publication Facts* - Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: > The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of > America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. > Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. > T626, 2,667 rolls. > > In my detail for things like name, birth, marriage info, I add the > location and ED, Sheet, or, in the case of the census event itself, just the > ED, Sheet. The detail information displays at the end of the publication > information. > > On Geoff's video, he suggested going to online libraries or other > repositories and copying and pasting the citation information given for any > of your sources for which you may not have copied everything you should > have. > > I don't think we should be so afraid we might have a period, comma, or > date in the wrong place that it should keep us from continuing our work. The > primary purpose of citing sources is so that another person will be able to > duplicate your work if necessary. Elizabeth Shown Mills may be the final > word on the subject, but she shouldn't keep you from citing a source out of > fear you'll have something just not quite right. > > Elizabeth > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:53 AM > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] census clean-up > > I have some serious census sourcing clean-up that needs to be done, to > bring them into conformity with the Mills templates. I had done a great deal > of it prior to hearing that Legacy 7 will offer better Mills sourcing > capabilities. I have been putting the census clean-up on the back burner, so > to speak, for some time now as I wait for the new version. > > > > I am wondering if I should just abandon the wait, and forge ahead? If I > had some idea of what the changes will entail, I could make a better > decision on this. > > > > Am curious if others find themselves in the same limbo, and what you have > decided to do? > > > > Janis Walker Gilmore > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
