Hi Peter, Welcome The way I started out using Census is to make an event for Census, puting the census type and year in the description (1850 Federal or 1885 Kansas State), and using the date that the census was taken in the date area. The information for the census I put in the notes area. Then I added the source. At first I used each State and county as a seperate source with the page and other information in the detail much as it is on the Legacy Tips site. But that increased the size of the Sourcd List too much. I am now thinking of making a source for each State such as Kansas 1880 Federal Census or Kansas 1885 State Census, Missouri 1890 Federal Census, Missouri 1900 Federal Census. And puting the County and township and page number in detail. I also copy the total information into the detail text, but do not let it print thus keeping my source tidy. Using the Event Clipboard I add the event and source simultaniously to each person in the household. I then go in and bold the information that pertains to the individual with that event. Have fun with Legacy - Barb
--- Peter Chalmers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there. I've inherited a "tree" from my parents > and want to take it > further, but I'm new to genealogy in general and > Legacy in particular, so > please forgive what might be a fairly basic > question. I've been using Legacy > 5 [thanks to its free "standard" version - in my > view a staggering product > for no money! - but quickly upgraded to Deluxe, > partly to gain the > additional capabilities, but also partly because I > thought it was a product > worth supporting], but mostly my database contains > the individuals and not > much more at the moment. I've now started to > accumulate census data from the > UK, and I'd appreciate your views on how best to > incorporate this into > Legacy. > > For example, I can make the England 1871 Census a > Master Source, and then > add Census events to each individual with the page > reference info, > transcription etc. in the event detail. Or I can > make each page reference a > Master Source, with maybe a complete transcription > there, and then add a > Census event with just a reference to that Master > Source. Of course, the > second way will mean I get a large number of Master > Source entries. The > first way seems tidier, but makes a bit of extra > work for me when adding > sources. How do other people deal with this? Is > there a better way > altogether? > > On a related subject, I'd like to be able to produce > some kind of > "completeness" report, which can quickly tell me who > I haven't yet found > census entries for yet. Ideally I'd like to produce > a table with names down > the left, and various censuses (England 1861, > England 1871, Wales 1871, > etc.) as columns, with a tick (or something) to show > which entries I've got. > It seems to me that something like this ought to be > feasible (if I can work > out the right way to record the census entries in > the first place), possibly > using advanced searches and tags. Has anyone managed > anything similar? > > All suggestions gratefully received. > > Thanks, > > Pete Chalmers > > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
