Jenny, Great idea! For census data, especially down through a lineage, I've usually done a hand-drawn chronology of sorts. But just recently I've been trying to get a handle on which documents I need to search for and request... not just my 4 branches, but also on my husband's side. Thanks!! --Paula in Texas
----- Original Message ---- From: Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:01:15 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information Randolph Clark wrote > Question: If you name the census image something other than the name of the > primary person sought then how do you (easily) know whether you've > found/saved that person's census location? I decided long ago that I needed a simple way of keeping track of what information or I had or did not have for every individual in my file so I created a spreadsheet. It has one sheet for each of the 4 branches of my family and each sheet has the User ID, forenames and surnames down the left side, with years of Birth and Death. There are then columns for Birth, Baptism, Marriage (3 columns - haven't had anyone marry 4 times yet!), Death and Burial, columns for each Census then columns showing briefly who the person is (wife of Joe Bloggs 123, for example) and their relationship (if any) to me. It only takes a second to update it as I go along and I can see at a glance where basic information is still to be located -- Jenny M Benson 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 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
