Cathy, That's what I do... enter head of household name, as it appears
(sometimes it's last name first).
--Paula
--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Cathy Vallevieni <cathyv...@cox.net> wrote:
> From: Cathy Vallevieni <cathyv...@cox.net>
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Census Source Citation Question
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 12:59 AM
> 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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