I would keep both sources (and I do....) I have sources along the lines of
Census - Transcription - 1881 - Ontario, York West Census - Index - 1881 - Ontario, York West Census - Image - 1881 - Ontario, York West Census - Film - 1881 - Ontario York West I would use up to all 4, depending on what I have used. (These are examples, I don't have all 4 of these for this census....) For the 1881 Census, I use an online index a lot. It is ALMOST a transcription - but doesn't have a couple of the columns, which has been important. (for instance, I had a person that was obviously in some sort of institution or hospital, as the household in the index had a few hundred people, and the head of the household was a doctor. From the film, I found he was in an asylum.) The Canadian 1871 census only has strays and head of the house - so it is important to note that it was in an index. Transcriptions are that - someone's interpretation of what it said.... Image - This source is a digital image of the census books. - For me, it can make a big difference where that came from. For the Canadian 1851 census, there is a site with a transcription and the images - but they only did 1 page of the 4 pages for each household! The 2nd page has very important info, and the other 2 pages are almost always blank - but could be important if not.... But the archives site has images (no transcription or search) of all the pages...... Film - I actually went to a library to look at the actual film. Each one, although in theory should have the same info, can have different info, and I want to know a) which ones did I actually look at b) exactly which info did I get from each when I'm looking at my data - so I use ALL sources that I used for ALL the info I find in each one. Sure, most of the time, it is the same - but at least I know where I got the info. 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
