It's up to the list manager J ----- Original Message ----- From: "C.G. Ouimet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:25 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] cam someone block [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 2005-08-31 08:22 PM, you wrote: >Hola!!! Muchas Gracias por todos los E mail que recibí de Uds. (fueron 125 E >mail) Debo decirles que no se casi nada de vuestro idioma inglés. Estoy >aprendiendo lo elemental, por lo tanto les pido perdón y paciencia para que >Yo pueda contestarles a todos ustedes en su idioma natal. Gracias, disculpen >la demora por contestarles. Hasta Pronto. Félix Adolfo Rodríguez. >P.D: Los acompaño a todos Ustedes y su país, Estados Unidos, en este mal >momento que les está haciendo pasar el temporal Katrina... lo lamento mucho. >Mucha suerte para todos en vuestro Grandioso País. Adiós, hasta pronto. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:48 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census sources > > > > Hi Peter, > > For your second question, I do something very similar to what Tony > > does, which is to maintain a list of persons at the left in an (Excel) > > spreadsheet, and the Census years at the top, and then type in the > > ages of the person in whatever census I happen to have found them. > > Since I work mostly in the US, I gray out the boxes that they have not > > yet emigrated to the US in, and I gray out boxes which would be before > > or after they have lived. It helps me see at a glance if I am missing > > anyone's census info. > > > > For the first question, I actually don't use the census event. I've > > thought about it, but haven't really felt it was necessary. What I > > like to do is place the info into events like "residence" or > > "occupation". What I then do is source it with a Master Source that > > simply gives the generic name of the census, e.g. "1901 Ireland > > Census" or "1880 US Census". In the Source Detail Information, I give > > information that would allow someone else to find the record, too: the > > location, the microfilm sheet and roll numbers, page numbers, dwelling > > and family numbers, name of the household, name as indexed (if it > > wasn't done correctly), and repository source, i.e. Ancestry.com and > > date accessed online. So my source detail will look like this: "Lowell > > Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_628; Page: 94; Image: > > 188; dwelling 1154, family 1525, Jeremiah O'Neil household [indexed as > > Jerimiah Oneil]; enumerated 14 Jul 1870; digital image, Ancestry.com > > (accessed 17 Jul 2004)." Then if the family is important to me, I > > completely transcribe the record and place the data in Source Detail > > Text. [If you are smarter than me, however, you will do this for every > > record starting with day one!] I don't transcribe the column headers > > since I figure people can find blank forms on line and can fill in the > > blanks, if they are so inclined, with my transcription. > > > > This is what a sample transcription looks like: > > "Page No. 187 > > Ward 3 Lowell Middlesex County > > enumerated 28 day of July 1870 > > Post Office: Lowell Mass. > > > > 1154 1525 > > O'Neil Jeremiah 57 M W Farmer 2000 300 -- [Ireland] 1 1 _ > > _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ > > Mary 45 F W Keeping house -- [Ireland] 1 1 _ > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > Peter 11 M W At school Mass 1 1 _ > > _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ " > > > > So then whenever I enter a person's occupation event, or whatever, I > > use the clipboard memory to source it back to the correct census > > image. I just like how it reads in a book. My "readers" would like to > > know where someone lived, not what they told the census people in > > 1880. So as Dennis says, try a few mthods, then check how they form in > > a report, and go with what you like best. > > > > Have fun! > > Susan > > > > On 8/30/05, 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 > > > > __________ Información de NOD32, revisión 1.1204 (20050829) __________ > > > > Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system > > http://www.nod32.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 C.G. 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