Ok, OK, already here goes my contribution for what it is worth.
Personally I like the word WITNESS for such as was at the birth of my
daughter' third child where many friends an relatives gathered to witness
the birth.
But in the case of listed members of the family, I like to enter the
census documentation into LEGACY and set it to document every time I hit alt
3 on the keyboard. so I start with the head of the house and work my way
down the census list doing the alt 3 for every person added. Reminding you
that alt 3 shows all the data about that particular census, enumeration
district, number of the image, date census was taken and so on.
Please be aware if the census was taken in July and a member of the
family died in January the census taker was obligated to list every one in
the household to be listed that was in the house hold in 1930 for instance.
So, if grandpa died in January he could hardly be a witness if he was dead.
so I just call the census event a census event
Thankfully we can all do what we want and how we want but I share my
idea in case it might help someone with this WONDERFUL program called LEGACY
to see a slightly different way to deal with these events. And I hope this
helps
Love, Light, Rainbows & Blessings
Sandra Tyler Duncan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cafi Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] witnesses
Ruth -- Witnesses -- in this case -- is used in the sense of "anyone
associated with the event," NOT in the sense of "observers present at the
time of the event."
Cafi Cohen
Arroyo Grande, CA
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
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