Hi Peter,
The method I use is to make the census detail and event eg
residence/occupation etc each become an event and for the Master Source I
use the GRO (ONS) details and under Source Detail the census year.
It really is a matter of which suits you with this.
Ron Ferguson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Chalmers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 30 August 2005 19:18
Subject: [LegacyUG] Census sources
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
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