And keep in mind that unlinked people are not a problem - I add them as unlinked and copy the census information. Later as sometimes happens (when there is a marriage) you can link them!
-- Tessa Keough Guild No. 5089 Legacy Virtual Users Group Surnames - Keough, Murphy, Aylward, Kocevar, Lidman, Zagradisnik Places - Ireland, Newfoundland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, USA (New York, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Washington) Blogs - The Keough Corner and Scandia Musings & More On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > > On 19/04/2012 15:28, Charles Apple wrote: > > I have noticed in responses to another related census thread that many *do > > not" record non family members, i.e., visitors, servants, boarders, etc. I > > would like to point out that in at least one circumstance my widowed great > > grandmother took in boarders. Later she married one of those boarders who > > would then be my great grandfather albeit by marriage. Her deceased husband > > was my biological great grandfather. > > > > At least in this case, it was beneficial to have recorded all household > > members including boarders. > > I mention all "extras" - visitors, lodgers, boarders, servants etc in > the Notes, where I also list all the "family members" who have their own > entry in my family file. I usually mention these people by name, except > in the case of servants. > > I also record the name of the head of the household and his/her > occupation (and mention his/her family if there is one) when my family > member is the visitor/boarder/lodger/servant in the household. > > As you say, it is often beneficial because further research can > sometimes show that a visitor or whatever is, in fact, a member of the > extended family or the future husband/wife of a family member. > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > 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
