Sorry for the delay in this response. Geoff Rasmussen shows an example for the Source Detail window which follows Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence guidelines.
I follow that format for the Detail Information for Source Detail, as in: Cornelius (Cornl) Downey household, township of Sherman, page 22, line 26, dwelling 150, family 145, NARA (Series M593, Roll 683, Image 721), FHL Film #552182. except that I added the NARA information, for researchers who use online census images. I find this useful because, as you all know, transcribing census data accurately can be very difficult, because of things like fading ink and paper stains. If someone has the NARA information, they can search on it if the index search fails. Jennie --- Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > occupatiGeoff Rasmussen shows ons 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
