The census event allows me to see in family reports exactly where people were at a given time. It's kind of a "location at a glance by year" deal that is very useful to me. I copy the census event for each family member and add their personal enumeration details. The entire family is shown in the source detail Text Comments. The heading on reports follows this pattern: Census - 1850 - Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York .
Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "BG Johnson" <b...@brmemc.net> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 2:03 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Obituary as Event? Bill, I agree. I did the same thing you did. Before I quit using a census as an event, I argued the point with my genealogy instructor at the local community college. He uses it as an event but could not come up with a reason to do so. If you are recording the residence event at the time of the census and use the census as a source, what does a census event add? Again, as many have said, "Whatever works for you is the correct way to go". bgj -----Original Message----- From: William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 4:17 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Obituary as Event? I used to use obituaries and census as events, but realized what a waste it was since they are used as sources anyway. I guess it's up to each person so I am not dictating whether to use it or not. To me it's just more work especially after linking that source with all the people it belongs with. That's pretty much why I stopped doing it. I also had obituary events listed by the newspaper name and the census was just listed as census for an event. After seeing it so many times I thought it looked odd so I stopped doing it. ------- Bill Boswell Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: 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
