Cathy: I'd say you should absolutely group the whole family in one citation. Breaking them into separate citations for individual family member would lead to craziness--not to mention loss of the complete family picture. I frequently find two related families on a single page or on adjacent pages and include both families in a single citation, making it clear, of course, that they are separate households.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Cathy Vallevieni Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Census Source Citation Question If I understand it correctly when citing a Census, the citation includes the name of the person ("ID of Person" in Legacy) and that means each family member's name would be listed separately for the source assigned to them. Since each different citation shows up as a separate source in the endnotes, if there's a family of 10, then there would be 10 separate citations in the endnotes for that single Census. This would add up for 3 or 4 or more Census' per family. Is it appropriate to just enter in the "ID of Person" field just the head of household's name (i.e. John Smith Family) for all citations of that Census rather than each individual's name when assigning that Census to each family member listed on the Census? In other words for the 1850 Census for John Smith's family, instead of listing Sally Smith on the Detail Source for her, Jim Smith on his, John Smith on his, etc, would it be appropriate to list "John Smith Family" as the "ID of Person" on the Detail Source for all family members resulting in one citation in the endnotes? Cathy Vallevieni Orange County, CA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
