Chris, I actually have gone in and made both Occupation and Residence entries - then made the Census PRIVATE and usually do not print it at all. I do mention in General Notes that the person was listed on the US Census for 1870, 1880 and 1900 or whatever. The resulting reports are much more friendly to read. If anyone wnts the actual Census citation (boring!) - I can print them easily enough.
Keith On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:23 PM, CHRISTOPHER HUNT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I have been using Legacy for about 4 years but have > only just joined this mailing list. I have been > recording census results as events with the all the > details recorded as notes. However I have also > recorded any given residence and occupation as > separate events. > > 1 For occupations having recorded the full census date > the wording comes out rather unwieldy in reports e.g. > "He worked as a Brewer on 03 Apr 1881" Obviously you > cannot deduce that he was actually working on the > census date. Would it be better to just enter the > year? > > 2 I am working with English census returns. Pupils are > recorded as scholars and again I have used the > occupation event to record this fact but "working as a > Scholar" in a report doesn't sound correct. Would an > overiding comment such as "He was described as a > scholar in the 1881 Census" sound better. > > 3 Should I just stop adding occupations separateley as > they have already been recorded in the census notes. > > I realize the choice is mine but would welcome your > views. > > Chris Hunt > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Surnames: McKain, Horn, Riale, Ulrich, Erisman, Leiphart, Reed and Henry Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
