You are correct, Jon. That is a much better way of expressing an empty
entry. However, for me there is a difference in the census enumerator
writing 'none' or leaving the entry blank, and I wanted to be able to
note that. It's just my way of noting the difference. As I responded
to another list member, a note could be added for exceptions. Your
point is well taken.
Elsie Scharpf Saar
Genealogy research
American: Parks, Avann, Bulson, Soden, Menkens
German: Wienecke, Storz, Scharpf, Saar, Stelzer
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: January 31, 2006 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements
I believe this thread began because someone wanted to generate a
sentence
that an individual was unemployed because the census did not list
an
occupation. Permit me to quibble on this one.
Just because the enumerator did not include an occupation for an
individual
does not mean that person was unemployed. The only definitive fact
is that
no occupation was noted. In this instance, wouldn't the statement
"The 1910
census enumerator did not note an occupation for John Doe" be more
accurate?
Jon Raymond
St. Paul Park, MN
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond
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