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From: Jerry [mailto:jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:41 PM
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Subject: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?
I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life
and I guess a lot of t
Good points, Brett. Jerry
Brett McL Robinson wrote:
>Hi Jerry
>
>You may not have noticed but the Events (in Legacy) has been named
>Events/Facts, to highlight that the structure can be used to record
>events and facts. It could be that some users are recording the census
>as a fact. However I
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>
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>From: Jerry [mailto:jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:41 PM
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>
>I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone
Thanks for explaining, Wendy. I started using computers long before I did
genealogy, since the 1970s. I can't find fault with what works for you - I
just think ultra-analytically - like a computer or dictionary, I guess. You
perhaps think more like an historian.Jerry
Wendy Howard wrote
Hi Jerry
You may not have noticed but the Events (in Legacy) has been named
Events/Facts, to highlight that the structure can be used to record
events and facts. It could be that some users are recording the census
as a fact. However I would do as you - the census is a source, the
residence is a f
a CHOICE"
-Original Message-
From: Jerry [mailto:jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?
I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life and
I too record the census as an event because it is something that took place
at a specific time and a specific place. I also use the census as a SOURCE
for the specific information on the record (name, date of birth, place of
birth, relationship to others in the family group) but I do not record
t
Jerry said:
> I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life
> and I guess a lot of the professional genealogists do this, but I'm
> still puzzled by why? To me a census is a SOURCE of information to
> collaborate events in a person's life - birth, marriage, etc. But I
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?
How would you respond if the conversation was about Residences sources from
a Census? Would you create an Individual Event or a Marriage Event (or
both?)
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Ron Ferguson
wrote:
I don't think
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>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Jerry
>> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:40 PM
>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>> Subject: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?
>>
>> I know a lot of people
absolutely agree with you (myself included). Which is why I do not normally
> bother with this debate.
>
> Ron Ferguson
> http://www.fergys.co.uk/
>
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> From: Jerry
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:40 PM
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?
I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life
and I guess a lot of the professional genealogists do this, but I'm
still puzzled by why? To me a census is a SOURCE of information
I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life
and I guess a lot of the professional genealogists do this, but I'm
still puzzled by why? To me a census is a SOURCE of information to
collaborate events in a person's life - birth, marriage, etc. But I
never treat a census
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