I *really do* hate to sound unsophisticated in this crowd, but I see
less and less reason all the time to source in detail a US census.
Yes, in the old days, it was nice, maybe even necessary, to include
the page number, the roll number, enumeration district, and on, and
on, but with such easy access to the censuses via the Internet,
little documentation is required. In the old days, we were totally
dependent on the LDS to order the film, thus requiring detailed
sourcing in case we wanted to see that film again *and* have a pretty
good idea where to look on the film.
Now, we merely enter our best guess on the computer and we are pretty
much there with the *right* person and the *right* census page.
IMHO, I think we should move with the changing times and accept that
when we source where we found Milstead, Norman L, for example, that
our source should be not much more than:
1920 United States Federal Census, Mississippi, Yalobusha, Water
Valley, District 124, 5 Jan 1920, Dwelling 57, Family 61, and note
that he appears in the index as Norman T Milsted.
Arnold
At 12:27 PM 3/3/2008, you wrote:
Elizabeth:
You raise an excellent point, and there's not even a world catastrophe
required. Some years ago the Archives of Ontario (Canada) renumbered
many--if not all--of their records for a computer-related reason. What if
the FHC or the NARA someday needed to do the same thing? I agree that the
simple source citations are by far the best. Data taken from the census
page itself would never be changed and could be located again via any
repository.
Kirsten
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Bagot Bees
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Ah - well that is one major reason why I prefer to go back to giving a
simple source!
To my way of thinking, your first example is by far the best - it is the
original designation for the English census records - not as they have
been filmed, not as they have been copied but as they are so labelled in
the original format.
As such, they can be accessed by anyone in the future, even after a
major internet crisis - electrical burnout - whatever world catastrophe!!
Elizabeth
GeoSci wrote:
> OK - I am coming up with a third format now! Does anyone know how to
> relate the following formats??
>
> 1 - from Family Search Labs:
>
> Enumeration Dist 0091
> Sheet 8A
> Household 177
> Ref 19
> GSU 121403
> Image 00484
>
> 2. From FamilySearch.org:
>
> NAFilm# T91151
> p. 588C
>
> 3. From Heritage Quest:
>
> Series: T624 Roll: 1313 Page: 244
>
> I know they are all referring to only one set of Census pages (not
> these specific ones - but they should be convertable from one type to
> another!)
>
> Thanks
> Keith
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