I will tell you another advantage, as I am transcribing the census I really
pick up on things like when something isn't right (an age, a relationship
etc)
Here is an example of what it looks like (this is an 1860)...
Soloman Garaway, age 32, male, farmer, value of real estate $600, born in
GA
Elizabeth Garaway, age 33, female, born in MS, unable to read or write
Sarah Garaway, age 11, female, born in MS
Benjamin Garaway, age 8, male, born in MS
Clarissa Garaway, age 6, female, born in MS
Mary Garaway, age 4, female, born in MS
Matilda Garaway, age 2, female, born in MS
Leucretia Garaway, age 5/12, female, born in MS
Or a later census (1930)...
Henry Bounds, head, owns home, lives on a farm, male, white, age 42,
married, married at age 19, able to read and write, born in MS, both
parents born in MS, speaks English, farmer, farm, #31 on farm schedule
Adia Bounds, wife, female, white, age 41, married, married at age 18, able
to read and write, born in MS, both parents born in MS, speaks English
Virgil Bounds, son, male, white, age 20, single, able to read and write,
born in MS, both parents born in MS, speaks, English, log sawyer, logging
[2nd word unreadable]
Cull Bounds, son, male, white, age 15, single, able to read and write,
born in MS, both parents born in MS, speaks English, laborer, farm
Ernest Bounds, son, male, white, age 12, single, attended school this
year, able to read and write, born in MS, both parents born in MS, speaks
English
Corzella Bounds, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, attended school
this year, able to read and write, born in MS, both parents born in MS,
speaks English
Harvey Bounds, son, male, white, age 7, single, born in MS, both parents
born in MS, speaks English
Elias Bounds, son, male, white, age 4, single, born in MS, both parents
born in MS, speaks English
I copy the event and add it to each person listed. When you run a report
it will show the census for every year in order and it makes for a nice
progression of what happened in their life. They start out living with
their parents, they get married and have a family of their own, and then
sometimes they move in with their kids in their later life. You don't see
it as well if you have just attached a copy (link) of the census.
It does take more time but I think it is worth the effort. Another thing,
as I am going back through looking at stuff, it is a lot esier looking at
transcriptions than it is to have to look at the original image again and
have to re-analyze it. Or course if there is ever a question I can pull
the census page up easily.
Michele
----- Original Message -----
From: "ronald ferguson" <ronfe...@msn.com>
To: <legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 8:07 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages
Michele,
I can see that, As I only publish on my web pages on which I do not wish
to have census images, I just wondered why transcribe. Although I have no
intention of publishing a book, I very much doubt if I would wish to
include transcripts of censuses, sources certainly. I know some sites do
include pages of census transcripts (which is the only legal way of
publishing English/Welsh censuses), but not my choice,
For example I have recently completed a multiple descendants report for
for my brother-in-law whose family I have been working on, and I never
dreamt of including census transcripts. In effect the information is
already there in the Events - Residence, Occupation etc. and a transcript
would merely duplicate this.
Only my opinion, btw, everybody will have their own way of doing things.
Ron Ferguson
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From: cranberryf...@charter.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:40:31 -0500
What Kirsten said :) I too put it in the event notes along with comments
in
[ ]. If I were ever to write a book, the I would want all of the
transcribed census info in there because it would be impratical to print
page after page after page of census pages in the book.
michele
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirsten Bowman"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 2:39 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages
Ron:
I transcribe the census listings in source notes because the two main
uses
for my database are for posting at RootsWeb (where attachments wouldn't
be
allowed) and for sharing reports with other researchers (who can verify
the
images themselves if they wish). I especially like having the
transcription
as a source note because I can add comments regarding conflicts,
spelling
variations, etc.
Kirsten
-----Original Message-----
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of ronald ferguson
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:58 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages
Kirsten,
Just out of interest, why do you transcribe the census details rather
than
attach the image to your Source Detail?
This is what I do, not only for the reason you give but also because I
have
immediate access to the census image should I wish to check something eg
a
questionable age for a person.
Ron Ferguson
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http://www.fergys.co.uk
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For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
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From: vik...@rvi.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:41:37 -0800
Dave:
In the interest of streamlining, I've stopped saving paper and/or
digital
images of things that are readily available online. This could be
dangerous
with data found on obscure sites, but I can't imagine that census
records
will someday *not* be available in some form. I do, however, put a full
transcription of the family's listing in my source notes.
Kirsten
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