Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-20 Thread Jenny M Benson
Tony Rolfe wrote: > Thanks to all who have offered suggestions so far. I think I will > continue to be a lumper and make one source for each year and put the > State and County in the detail. > > A follow-up question for those who have a census event. Do you have the > same "Census" event for al

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-20 Thread Jenny M Benson
Maureen Lake wrote: > I have a related question to using SourceWriter for US Census data. If I > use the template as written, how do I differentiate between the source for > San Bernardino, California and the one for Renssalear, New York? Just > curious as to what others do. > > My personal solu

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
That's what I do, too. I can then enter "State" in the Description if I have a state census. --Paula From: Terri Brown To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Mon, March 19, 2012 6:24:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census One censu

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
I have mine by year, by state, by county... but now you have me re-thinking that. again! ;) Luckily, if I change my mind, it's just a change in the name of the source. So far, I haven't had any problems finding the one I need in the list. --Paula They are in alphabetical order

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Terri Brown
One census event. In the Description field I identify US Federal or British. The date I use is the actual enumeration date but just the year would be fine if that is all you want. The Place field is, obviously, the city or township, county and state of enumeration. In the Notes field I record th

RE: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Michele Lewis
have in my list but certainly hundreds. Michele -Original Message- From: Maureen Lake [mailto:arespo...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:25 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census I have a related question to using SourceWriter for US

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Sherry/Support
I would suggest that you look at the Sample Family File. Geoff has done an excellent job with great examples of how to create sources. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Maureen Lake wrote: > I have a related question to using SourceWriter

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Maureen Lake
I have a related question to using SourceWriter for US Census data. If I use the template as written, how do I differentiate between the source for San Bernardino, California and the one for Renssalear, New York? Just curious as to what others do. My personal solution at this time is to name

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Tessa
I use Jurisdiction City box and type in (for instance) - Tecumseh, Johnson, Nebraska and I do have a fact/event for each Census with the boxes filled in: Census, (no description), date, location in full; and I transcribe the information in the census in the Notes section. Would be happy to show e

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-19 Thread Brian/Support
Tessa, The SourceWriter templates do not have a place for the State and County in the detail section. Do you enter the state and county as part of the Jurisdiction City? If not where do you enter that information? Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.

RE: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-18 Thread Michele Lewis
Yup. Using the SW template you will have an entry for every county. Michele -Original Message- From: Tony Rolfe [mailto:geneal...@gillandtony.com] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census I've just found my first ances

RE: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-18 Thread Charles Apple
Tony, How a census is recorded is a personal choice. I suggest that you try each recommendation and decide which method you prefer. Personally, I record each Census as an Event in each person's life. Charles -Original Message- From: Tony Rolfe [mailto:geneal...@gillandtony.com] Sent: Su

Re: [LegacyUG] 1930 US census

2012-03-18 Thread Tessa
This is one of those personal decisions but - I have a lot of people in the US Censues so I am a lumper as far as censuses go - I use the information for the 1930 Census but do not fill in the city, county or state until I get to the detail section of the entry. Try both and see which you like bet