Cathy,
I cite the head of household: "Joel F. DeBoard household."
The exception is when it is someone of a different surname, boarding in the
household, or a nephew in the household, etc. In which case, I cite it as
"Joel F. DeBoard household, for Michael Smith, boarder."
Janis Walker Gilmore
On 6/25/09 1:59 AM, "Cathy Vallevieni" <cathyv...@cox.net> wrote:
> If I understand it correctly when citing a Census, the citation
> includes the name of the person ("ID of Person" in Legacy) and that
> means each family member's name would be listed separately for the
> source assigned to them. Since each different citation shows up as a
> separate source in the endnotes, if there's a family of 10, then
> there would be 10 separate citations in the endnotes for that single
> Census. This would add up for 3 or 4 or more Census' per family.
>
> Is it appropriate to just enter in the "ID of Person" field just the
> head of household's name (i.e. John Smith Family) for all citations
> of that Census rather than each individual's name when assigning that
> Census to each family member listed on the Census?
>
> In other words for the 1850 Census for John Smith's family, instead
> of listing Sally Smith on the Detail Source for her, Jim Smith on
> his, John Smith on his, etc, would it be appropriate to list "John
> Smith Family" as the "ID of Person" on the Detail Source for all
> family members resulting in one citation in the endnotes?
>
> Cathy Vallevieni
> Orange County, CA
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