I realise this topic has done the rounds on several occasions and I am relatively new to Legacy but my logical mind tells me - on a certain day a person visited the household to collect the information ie an EVENT (and a FACT). The information is recorded and archived which creates a SOURCE.
I suppose you could say the same, for a birth registration, for instance. By a person registering the birth it is an EVENT. The FACT of the, EVENT of the birth, is recorded and archived which creates a SOURCE. Regards Shirley Mt Maunganui, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Georgia To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports This is my first time weighing in with an answer but I wanted to offer a couple of thoughts. Jerry - I understand your desire to have accurate descriptions for events and that "census" doesn't seem like an event. I believe the actual event is "appearance on the census" which very specifically ties an individual to a date and a location. For me, Census is both an event and a source. I use the census as a source for approximate birth date and place, occupation, residence, sometimes marriage, etc. I also create a census event (considering that census is an abbreviation for "appearance on a census") as Geoff does. I am still deep in the research state of my work so being able to see at a glance where a person was during specific decades, helps me decide where to research next. I also like being able to click on "edit" when the event is highlighted so that I can quickly confirm who is in the household and what they were doing there. As for reports, I realize that how we input the data will affect the output but I have always assumed that I would be making substantial edits to any report (copy and paste into Word as someone suggested) or even that I would use the report as an outline to write my own narrative. Perhaps one of the factors to consider in how to enter your census data is whether you want to glance at a person's events to see a quick chronology - or not! Georgia - researching Ohio and Mississippi from California On 2/22/2012 8:09 PM, Jerry wrote: > I think Ron is in the UK and it is about 5 in the morning there, I > think, so you can probably expect him to answer later. 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. Clearly, they are sources, not events, and I prefer to use my > Merriam-Webster roots to provide the correct definition. LOL! > > But the other side is, that most users will definitely not want to wade > through lots of information about their ancestors that most of us > "genealogists" might even have some difficulty deciphering. They want a > brief synopsis that tells them the story and most of them, even me, > detest wading through endless, not needed, information. So, keep it > simple, comes to mind, but I realize most of the ones who disagree on > this issue are very smart people, just mis-informed about the dictionary > definitions on this subject. > > Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org > > 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 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
