The Person of Interest IS included in all the source templates. You may just have to scroll down to view it. By the way, Dave B. has now added something to allow us to know if there are more fields, so this shouldn't be easy to overlook in the future.
Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Penny Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:47 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mills inconsistency Robert, What Michele and I were questioning has to do with some specific detail questions on Legacy's Source Writer. Our specific question addresses things that are found on every census (Person of interest, dwelling & family numbers.), rather than other extraneous information that varied from census to census. Neither the 1930 nor the 1880 templates, for example, allows you to input the person of interest, while 1870 and others do allow you to input this information. (There may be others, I just remembered those two off the top of my head.) There are similar inconsistencies concerning inclusion of the family number. We wondered why this is so. Penny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Carneal USA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Michele- > > It depends on what else was asked that year but not asked in other > years. Sometimes that is viewed as more useful or more important. Note > that in 1870 they asked if Father was foreign born, Mother was foreign > born, and if you were eligible to vote. > > Some years they asked about the number of slaves the property owned had. > Obviously the question no longer applies today. > > In 1900, they asked about Citizenship, how long a person had been in > this country (useful in researching immigration papers), > > In 1910, they asked about about the "Mother of how many children"? And > then they asked how many of those children were living? The answer could > be the mother had eight children, and six were living for example during > that census year. That information is useful in informing the researcher > that by 1910, Kathy had eight children. So the researcher begins to look > for eight kids. He knows that by 1910, two were no longer living. That > is a clue. > > Mills wrote her book in hopes that the reader would use her examples for > consistencies, yes, but she had to change her examples based on what the > census (whatever year) offered. If you decide to follow her examples, > your sources will be consistent, even though it appears to differ from > census year to census year, they will be the same for same census to > same census. That was one of the primary goals for Ms. Mills. > > Legacy has a blank sample of sources for the every year, I believe. It > is under Books and Other, select the Forms Center button, and then go to > US Federal. You can compare and contrast them, perhaps seeing the > differences on blank sheets will help. > > Robert 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
