On 23/02/2012 04:09, Jerry wrote: > But I almost > find it hysterical that a census is considered an event in someone's > life, despite the fact that many professionals advocate for that. > That's sort of like saying a newspaper is an event in someone's life > because they might be mentioned in the newspaper, or an obituary is an > event in someone's life because, certainly, they are mentioned in the > obituary.
A census puts a person in a specific place at a specific time, that is an event. If you use the census just as a source, I think you lose a lot. You are supposed to look at each person you are researching as a person, not just a set of facts and figures. You try to imagine how they lived and what their life was like and census records help with that. You get an overview at a glance. I like to have all of the census records for their entire life span and you can easily see how their life progressed. Using a census merely as a source you lose a lot of that. michele 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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
