I split my entries according to what is on the pages that I file. The title I use for census is Household of ______________. Year, state, county, city/township, ward, ED, page. If there is one family on the page it is Households of ____________ and ________________.
The reason I do this is because I file each item by Major family name-type of record-number. Such as Dunhaupt-Cen-53 for the 53rd census for someone in the Dunhaupt line. This could include the family name Dunhaupt, Scherr, Bieger, Hoelscher or Kaltwasser. This file location number goes in the source list name and file id spots. The sources are then sorted in a way that makes it easy for me to find out what the next entry number is. I can also easily find each item in my files. The source list name would be Dunhaupt-Cen-53: 1880 MO, St. Louis - RCF Dunhaupt [or whoever the head of household is]. Dunhaupt-Cen-53 would be repeated in the file id. Because of my file system, which works for me, I am a splitter. The only time I don't split is if a record contains many family names. Such as an index then I pick which major name to file under and all the sources can be point back to the same copy. For me the things of major importance are: 1. Can the information be located in my files if someone wants a copy or questions my information. 2. Can someone else find the source for themselves. Anything else is not as important. Does it really matter if the copy of a federal census came from Ancestry or Heritage Quest or Family Search or if you found in at the National Archives? It is available at any of these if you have the other information. A state census would be a different matter as they are harder to locate. Mary Beth Figgins --- On Tue, 7/8/08, Linda McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Linda McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting vs Not To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 9:22 AM Cathy, I have been an extreme splitter of census records (one source for each household every year) but with source writer, am slowly combining to one source for each county & year. One of the best features in Legacy is the ability to name your source so you can easily find it and still have the proper source title appear on reports. For census sources, my source name starts with Cen, then has the 2 digit state abbreviation, then the county name and then year. (I don't currently have any census records outside the USA but would start with country abbreviation in that case.) Example: Cen-KY-Rockcastle-1850 This sorts all the census sources together first by state, then by county and finally by year so I can quickly tell if I already have a master source entered or if I need to add one. Linda On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Cathy Vallevieni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, I am just starting to use Legacy. I've seen lots of messages over > the weekend about splitting sources vs not splitting sources. > > Can someone that does split sources (ie. 1820 Census may be listed lots of > times for each town in which you have an ancestor), please tell me how they > title the split sources (start with city then county then state then list > the document document or something else goes first)? > > Can you also tell me the key advantages of splitting (I understand it's easy > to find all the sources for a specific town or county or state this way but > are there others)? > > Thanks. > > Cathy Vallevieni--Orange County, CA 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
