I have always kept Census details where possible on the Parents Marriage notes when the family is together with the parents. If not then on their general notes if not married.
I apply a general source associated with that census to life events for the individuals (occupation + location if working otherwise just residence) assigning the census source to those events and saying in the census detail whether the census is in the marriage notes (parents) marriage notes of parents (children) or general notes if not with the family. I use the Basic Source as that will transport via GEDCOM format to any other genealogy package. I used this process in Family Tree maker before I migrated to Legacy without any problems - I also migrate back to FTM via GEDCOM to check on any migration issues as I have both packages. Alan From: Joan Kemp [mailto:jk...@yahoo.com] Sent: 03 September 2011 20:19 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System For what its worth, I now keep a copy of everything relevant to a particular person under the research tab for that person. Marriage info goes on both parties' pages. Census info likewise, eg the census info below will be available from Thomas', Eliza's & Emily's pages, with the individual highlighted 1861 census - RG9; Piece: 688; Folio: 32; Page: 34; Kings Somborne, Hants Thomas H. Smith 46 Registration clerk & Relieving Officer, b King's Sombourne Eliza A. Smith 55, Wife, b. King's Sombourne - bold because this is on Eliza's page & her details are highlighted. Emily M. Smith, dau, 14, Scholar, b Kings Somborne, Hants I have developed a template for summarising wills & include a will summary whenever relevant. This way I can easily access all the info about one person, and also see links easily. I keep a note also of photos & other source info. You may regard this as a 'lumper' solution, but its worked for me over many years. All the best Joan On 31/08/2011 21:58, Lisa Gorrell wrote: Paula, I use surname file folders. When I file the census based on head of household for that family. If there are two family members on the page, I make a copy to put into that family's folder. The reason I do this, is so I can "see" everything that I have on that family. I only keep the file/hard copy in the folders, and do not link them to the software. I haven't completely decided on my file organization and do not want to re-link if I decide to move a file to another folder. Lisa Gorrell On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Just re-read many posts in the archives, but still have one issue pertaining to how to organize files in folders (digital or hard-copy). This question is for those of you who organize your folders by surname, not by document type. How have you "filed" your census images/transcriptions/data? I have cases where not only do two brothers (same surname) live near enough to be on the same page, but also where several families that are related (if not at the time of that census, then later when one's son married another's daughter) are on the same page (different surnames). Do you keep a copy of each in each family's folder? I'm about to start an "organization" project and would welcome your quick input on this question. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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