Cathy, In this situation, I still use the head of household in the citation. However, I add "he was a boarder in Joel DeBoard's house" in the Notes on Michael Smith's census Event. I like the way that looks on the reports I run. So maybe that is just personal preference. --Paula
--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Janis L Gilmore <rajan...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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 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