Keith, That is, as I said, how I do it and. yes, it does lead to a very large number of Residence Events. But this does not cause problems - after all that is what databases are for!
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:47:25 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census vs Residence Events > > Interesting idea - if I understand - it might happen that you have > MANY residence events for a single person. I lived in three places in > less that 1 year (just for an example). So if I found evidence for > each location - each would be a different residence event? I have > grandparents living in 5 different places over 60 years of census data > - resulting in 5 residence events? > > Just thinking aloud... > > Keith. > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Elsie Saar wrote: >> I also do not use Census events. I list all items from a census to >> appropriate events: name, residence, birth, occupation, education, real >> estate, etc and use the census as a source. So if I see a residence for >> 1920, for example, I can easily see what the source is, whether it's a >> census or directory or whatever. Each person on each census gets all items >> of info entered. Perhaps I'm a little pedantic. >> >> For what it's worth, I enter a residence event as: >> Event: Residence >> Desc: with his father in law at 232 Washington Ave. in >> Date: Jan 1, 1920 >> Place: Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, USA >> >> Then I source that event: >> Master Source: US Federal Census >> Detail: 1920 NY, Ulster, ED 64, sheet 4b, line 13 >> >> I copy the residence event with its source, and use it for each member of >> the household. I use the line number of the head of the household for each >> member. If I have used a relationship such as "with his father in law" I >> change that to read "with her father" or for children, "with his/her >> grandfather". >> Elsie >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ronald ferguson" >> To: >> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 5:05 AM >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Finding placenames and associated family files >> >> >> >> Ah, Cathy. >> >> Now I understand why we have had similar discussions in the past. I do not >> use Census Events and *only* use censuses as Sources for other events eg >> Residence, Name, Occupation etc etc. >> >> Hence I have these events for *all* my individuals - if applicable. >> >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live 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
