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From: Michele Lewis
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:25:39 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Ah so true! It isn't all ab
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From: Janis L Gilmore
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Good genealogical narrative can never be generated by your software. It
requires writing and thinkin
Good genealogical narrative can never be generated by your software. It
requires writing and thinking and correlating.
A database is for keeping track of well, data. A narrative is
something that you craft.
Janis Walker Gilmore
On 9/16/09 12:01 PM, "Cathy-0" wrote:
> When using any compute
: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Mary Trogg wrote
> Finally, as I find facts, I add to a short biography to notes. It's more
> interesting to read that a family moved from one state to another because the
> wife was hopelessly homesick, than to read the family live
they are married.
--Paula in Texas
- Original Message
From: Angela Gabbard
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:33:26 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
I enter my census as follows:
Census
Description blank (I got
Mary Trogg wrote
Finally, as I find facts, I add to a short biography to notes. It's
more interesting to read that a family moved from one state to another
because the wife was hopelessly homesick, than to read the family lived
in Minnesota, moved to Illinois and then back to Minnesota.
I can
From: Mary Trogg
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:18:33 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
I've struggled to find a balance between dry facts and bringing the information
to life and have come up with this labor intensive compro
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:15:16 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Paula,
You have nicely identified a basic question which arises when attempting to
create a one size fits all database.
As is quite well known, my main output is for Pedigree Webpages in which e
When using any computer software, you need to ask yourself as to what is the
end result that you wish to see? Once you know what that is you can then
enter your data to achieve that.
My end result is usually the Descendant Book or Modified Register Report.
Since this is easy to read, my data entr
I've struggled to find a balance between dry facts and bringing the
information to life and have come up with this labor intensive compromise.
I enter all census data under one event; census. The description is the
years I have for the individual. I add a copy to the picture gallery of
the ce
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> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:07:06 -0700
> From: paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
>
> Thank you for your answers and some background. When I picture the way some
oche Ryburn Sullivan Williams
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From: Dede Holden
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:55:00 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Paula,
I primarily use the Family Group Report. I've found that this helps
m
From: Dede Holden
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 3:56:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
>
> Alan,
>
> I'm not quite sure what you meant by "you don't use the default Census
> event
: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:33:26 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
I enter my census as follows:
Census
Description blank (I got started a long time ago not using this field and
never have... not sure what my original reason was.)
Date
;s side.
Thanks!!
--Paula in Texas
- Original Message
From: Jenny M Benson
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:01:15 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Randolph Clark wrote
> Question: If you name the census image someth
hanks,
--Paula in Texas
- Original Message
From: Michele Lewis
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:01:57 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Here is what I do...
Event: 1870 United Stated Federal Census
Description: popul
Mark,
Which reports do you use? And do you include Notes?
Thanks,
--Paula in Texas
- Original Message
From: Mark Wilson
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 6:28:02 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
For my US Census
Dede,
Which reports do you use the most?
Thanks,
--Paula in Texas
- Original Message
From: Dede Holden
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 3:56:15 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Alan,
I'm not quite sure what you
Mark Wilson wrote
To see whether or not I have an image for a particular person, I look
at my "Census, US Federal" events for that individual. If it has an
associated image attached for that event, then there will be a "+" sign
showing at the right side of the event line.
I take it, then, th
Randolph,
To see whether or not I have an image for a particular person, I look at
my "Census, US
Federal" events for that individual. If it has an associated image
attached for that event, then there will be a "+" sign showing at the
right side of the event line. (This is viewing with the "Indi
to go back through the various screens to get to the info.
And yes, I do definitely transcribe everything. It gives one a glimpse into
what life was like then, as opposed to just having names/dates/places.)
Roxanne Baird
--- On Sat, 9/12/09, Janis L Gilmore wrote:
> From: Janis L Gilmore
&
I have a Master Source for each U. S. census year, state and county. So the
source would be called:
Missouri, Howell - census 1900 (Ancestry)
In the census event, I call it simply "census" (but I think there is a good
argument for having the census events defined by year).
I do not put anything
William H. Boswell wrote:
This is how I've been doing mine. It would be nice if genealogy programs
would provide a real template for enter the information. I haven't checked
to see if Legacy has anything like that.
William, I agree they have source templates it would be really nice to
ha
Michaele, thanks for the clarification
Michele Lewis wrote:
Alan, I have answered all of your questions below
Interesting so you don't use the default Census event but instead use an
event for each Census? I had not thought about that. I guess that
works better with the sentence structu
.
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Jenny M Benson
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:01 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
Randolph Clark wrote
>Question: If you n
Randolph Clark wrote
Question: If you name the census image something other than the name of
the primary person sought then how do you (easily) know whether you've
found/saved that person's census location?
I decided long ago that I needed a simple way of keeping track of what
information or
Question: If you name the census image something other than the name of the
primary person sought then how do you (easily) know whether you've
found/saved that person's census location?
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Mark Wilson wrote:
>
> For my US Census events, I have created events named
nistration microfilm T9,
roll 646.
michele
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From: "Mark Wilson"
To:
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
For my US Census events, I have created events named "Census, US
Federal," "Cen
For my US Census events, I have created events named "Census, US
Federal," "Census, US Federal Slave Schedule," and "Census, US State."
(The US State part may seem redundant, however, it differentiates the
census event from a state within another country.)
Most of my census entries are the "Cens
Alan, I have answered all of your questions below
Interesting so you don't use the default Census event but instead use an
event for each Census? I had not thought about that. I guess that
works better with the sentence structure and wording?
I have a separate event for every federal cen
This is how I've been doing mine. It would be nice if genealogy programs
would provide a real template for enter the information. I haven't checked
to see if Legacy has anything like that.
This isn't the greatest, but I just transcribe the more important things,
but also attach the image if I ne
Alan Jones wrote
1. In Legacy you have an event called Census. What others enter do and
find works best and why for the related event fields?
-Description:
-Date:
-Place:
-Notes:
It has taken me ages to decide how to handle Censuses and I have changed
my method a few times, but this is how I
Alan,
I'm not quite sure what you meant by "you don't use the default Census
event but instead use an event for each Census? " I use the default
Census event, but the description, date, and place tailor it to each
particular census.
I started out putting the census details in the Source Detail T
Michele,
Interesting so you don't use the default Census event but instead use an
event for each Census? I had not thought about that. I guess that
works better with the sentence structure and wording?
I see for what I assume is your notes section you list each family
member that was on th
Because I started with computers 30 years ago and memory was expensive, I used
a lot of one letter words, and put a - when it
was blank, for a place saver, to maintain the columns (never really looked
good). The important part is to make your transcription something that you
(and others) can l
Here is what I do...
Event: 1870 United Stated Federal Census
Description: population schedule
Date: 31 Jul 1870
Place: , Marion County, Mississippi, USA
B.F. Graham, age 35, male, white, farmer, value of real state $50, born in
MS, unable to read or write
Sarah Ann Graham, age 30, female, whit
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