Hi Pete, Welcome to Legacy.
There are various ways to log census data, and I've tried several, but here is what I now do: I have master census events titled 1841 census, 1851 census, 1861 census etc When entering a census event in the description field I put England & Wales, (Scotland had a separate census); I put the date of the census in the date field e.g. 2 Apr 1871 and then put the town or parish where the census was enumerated. I then enter the detail of the census in the Notes field. i.e the address, name, relationshop to head, condition as to marriage, etc. I've modified the event sentence to make it read more to my liking I also have sources 1851 census, 1861 census, etc in these I record the reference numbers, e.g RG11/117/12/50 I also have a record filing system labeled CEN51/xxx, CEN61/xxx for storing the hard copies. I use exactly the idea you have suggested for checking for any missing persons in the census. It's simply a grid with a list of names down the side and across the top census years. I put the ages in the boxes instead of ticks. For some familes that I have a particular interest in I've designed a Cenus Tracker form in Word and record the familes movement through time on two sheets of paper. I've found this very useful. I hope you found this helpful. No doubt you will get other suggestions from other members of the LUG - but at the moment this works for me All the best Tony Devon, UK On 30/08/05, 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 > 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
