Cathy: Oh, then that's a completely different ballgame. I've never seen published "protocol" regarding the listing of events as there is for citing sources. Events don't suit my particular purposes so I don't use them (everything is included in the Source Detail), and I'll have to defer to one of the list members who does make use of the Events feature.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Cathy Vallevieni Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:19 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Census Source Citation Question Kirsten: I think I didn't word the question properly. I am entering one source for the Census with all the family members as an Event but, when I add that Event to each person and assign a source to the event, on the Detail Source screen, it asks for the "ID of Person" which prints in the Source Citation in the endnotes. For just that entry in the Detail Source screen for the Source Citation, would you enter each person separately or use a generic ID for all so there is just one Source Citation listed in the endnotes rather than a Source Citation for each person? Cathy Vallevieni Orange County, CA At 11:40 PM 6/24/2009, you wrote: >Cathy: > >I'd say you should absolutely group the whole family in one citation. >Breaking them into separate citations for individual family member would >lead to craziness--not to mention loss of the complete family picture. I >frequently find two related families on a single page or on adjacent pages >and include both families in a single citation, making it clear, of course, >that they are separate households. > >Kirsten > >-----Original Message----- >From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on >Behalf Of Cathy Vallevieni >Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:59 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com >Subject: [LegacyUG] Census Source Citation Question > > >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 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
