Re: [LegacyUG] Census vs Residence Events

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:27:20 -0700

I do the same thing that Elsie does & have a residence event for every person I find in the census or other source...even if it is the same address or place as before. And I add the notation "at 412 Main St with husband & 5 children" changing to "at 412 Main St with parents & siblings" as fits the person.
At a glance I can see where that person has been, how the family has changed. I can track how the family moved around and try to find out why. If the person is in one place for years with a single incident of a different residence, I try to find out why.. 


I don't feel you can err with using the Events to track every piece of 
information you have.  It's usually when you leave something out that you 
kick yourself later.  Or I do.. <g>


Sally


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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 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






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