Donna, And you have census data for all 400+ ?? Wow, that is awesome. I have relatively little census data, concentrating on one line----out of 2000+ individuals. --Paula
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census sources Paula & Susan, You have a good point, and I think I'll consider that in the future. It does make for more pleasant reading. Wish I'd done that from the beginning, before I had 400+ individuals in my database! Ah, live and learn. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Ryburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census sources > Pete, > For what it's worth, I do census information the way Susan does. I like > the > narrative better than the data. "He lived in Chesaning, Owasso Co., > Michigan in 1880, working as a smith. He was 20 years old." or some such. > I have modified the event sentence structure and use the Notes. > As someone already said, it depends on what you want in your > output/reports---depends on your purpose for recording your genealogy. I > picture my daughter enjoying the narrative better than poring over columns > of data. > --Paula > > > > > 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. > > > 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 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
