Jenny: I enter a Master Source as, for example, "1860 US Census, California" and the repository (I use Ancestry.com). Several different families might use this same Master Source so as an added benefit, by using the "Show List" option under Sources, I can see everyone who lived in a given state at the same time.
Next I use that wonderful Clipboard. I pull in the appropriate Master Source, and in the Details line I put the exact location (state, county, town, ED, page, line and "John Jones household"). Under Actual Source Detail I list each person in the household with all their information. If there are any obvious errors, I use [sic] or put my own notes in brackets at the end of the listing. Then I attach this whole census citation to each person who is listed. I don't use the Events section at all. I don't know how this system translates to the books or reports that others print, but my main interest is in producing a gedcom with thorough sourcing and this works very well for that. Kirsten Bowman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Entering Census information How do other users of Legacy enter the information from Census returns? On the whole, I like to do things the "proper" way, but at the same time my research is largely just for my own interest and secondarily for members of my family so I do what I feel comfortable with. Most of my ancestors lived in England so the information I typically glean from a Census is the address, names, ages and occupations of each member of the household and their relationship to each other. Currently, I use the Census event, putting the year and country into description, the date of Census night into date and the town/village, county and country into place. But after that, I have tried a few variations and have yet to find a method I really like. Do put the street address in the Notes or in the Event Address? Do I list all the members of the household just in the entry for Head of Household or repeat it for every person? (I don't favour the latter as it's makes for boring reports.) Do I put a person's Occupation details in the Notes, or make a separate Event entry? I'd really value other users' opinions and preferences on this. Recently I have been putting all the information about the household, the address and his/her occupation in the Notes for the Head, then for each other person putting "See Joe Bloggs 666. Her occupation was Laundress" or "See Fanny Adams 123" in their notes, where Joe Bloggs or Fanny Adams is the Head. I'm not convinced, though, that this is the best method. -- Jenny M Benson Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
