That's why we should stop using the term witnesses. What we are really looking for is the ability to link multiple people to an event. It could be all the people who attended a wedding or a funeral or a family reunion or were enumerated in a census or whatever. I got interested in this capability several years ago when I noticed that a branch of my family who had moved several hundred miles away, in the days before travel was easy, always showed up for major family events. It begins to build a pattern of where people were, their migration patterns and makes their lives a little more personal to the current generation.
Jim On 8/26/05, Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just don't see how other members of a household listed in a census can be > called "witnesses". Some of those people probably weren't home at the time > the census taker was there i.e., at work or at school - so how can they be > called witnesses? > > Ruth Nerud > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
