Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Richard Hallford
Tks to all who replied. Clear but confusing. I'll obviously have to stop and pause for thought before I go on. I did not think that there was so many different ways of recording Census. Back to the drawing board! Kindest Regards, Richard Hallford. Filing is easy, Retrieval is the hard part! On 10

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
I didn't lose any either. In fact, one of the reasons that I switched to Legacy was that the version of FTM I was using had a limited amount of notes space. Sometimes I would have to continue a person's notes into the notes area for his spouse. Sara On 10/12/07, John Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

RE: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Kirsten Bowman
ike the result. Good luck! Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Hallford Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 5:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list Im a little confused.

[LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread John Blair
I didn't lose any notes going from FTM to Legacy. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry & Marilea Reinke Sent: 12 October 2007 19:28 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events l

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Jerry & Marilea Reinke
When you switched from FTM to Legacy did you lose all your "notes" you had recorded and obits? Thanks, Marilea - Original Message - From: "Sara Binkley Tarpley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ma

[LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread John Blair
Sara, I also have for years put my census notes under general notes! I have never used merge (Family Tree Maker) and have just recently purchased Legacy. I don't mind at all doing this, as it helps me write very clearly and put down notes, occupation, etc. John Amen, Janis! The important th

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
Amen, Janis! The important thing is to know where that data came from so that others can find it or you can find it again. At the risk of having others shout, "Wrong, wrong, wrong!" I confess with fear and trembling that I put my census transcriptions in the general notes section and that I do no

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Leon Chapman
Randolph: The page number is from the actual Census roll, page, image: Roll: T625_528, Page: 10B, ED: 50, Image: 0032 This is what Ancestry.com provides as their reference to the census image. Chap On 10/12/07, Randolph Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So the page number is the Ancestry a

RE: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Janis Gilmore
I create a Master Source for the census. I am a splitter, so I often create a Master source for one person's census. Many people, though, just create a Master Source for 1900 Census, or 1900 Missouri Census or 1900 Howell County Missouri Census. Whatever is in your comfort zone. Personally, I foll

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Jenny M Benson
Richard Hallford wrote But I just started putting in people, I got about 156 of them and now have put in Census details. Before I go any further though, I think I may have done it wrong, as its taking so long. The think is, Ive been putting them in via the events. Should I be making Census info

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Randolph Clark
So the page number is the Ancestry assigned number and not the HQ one? On 10/12/07, Leon Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard: > I create a Census event, but keep it fairly simple. > Within the Census event, I use a Master Source for the Census record > with all of the details. > A couple

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Leon Chapman
Richard: I create a Census event, but keep it fairly simple. Within the Census event, I use a Master Source for the Census record with all of the details. A couple examples of events and the associated sources is shown below: EVENTS: 1. He appeared on the census on Jul 1, 1910 in Pleasant Val

[LegacyUG] Master source vs events list

2007-10-12 Thread Richard Hallford
Im a little confused. Im sure you guys all got this sorted out. But I just started putting in people, I got about 156 of them and now have put in Census details. Before I go any further though, I think I may have done it wrong, as its taking so long. The think is, Ive been putting them in via the e