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, white, wife, born in MS, unable to
read or write
Archibald Graham, age 6, male, white, at home, born in MS
Sarah E. Graham, age 5, female, white, at home, born in MS
Isabella Graham, age 1, female, white, at home, born in MS
William Graham, age 9/12, male, white, at home, born in MS, born in Sep
Here is one from 1900 for you...
Event: 1900 United States Federal Census
Description: population schedule
Date: 11 Jun 1900
Place: , Marion County, Mississippi, USA
James E. Simmons, head, white male, born Feb 1870, age 30, married 11
years, farmer, born in MS, both parents born in MS, can
read/write/speak English, owns home free and clear, farm, #81 on farm
schedule
Corine E. Simmons, wife, white female, born Oct 1870, age 29, married
11 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living, born in MS, both parents
born in MS, can read/speak English, unable to write
Francis A. Simmons, daughter, white female, born Jul 1890, age 9,
single, born in MS, both parents born in MS
Mary Simmons, daughter, white female, born Oct 1891, age 8, single,
born in MS, both parents born in MS, did not attend school this year,
unable to read or write, speaks English
Jesse Simmons, son, white male, born Apr 1894, age 6, single, born in
MS, both parents born in MS
Walter Simmons, son, white male, born Mar 1896, age, 4 single, born in
MS, both parents born in MS
Lemuel Simmons, son, white male, born May 1900, age 1/12, single, born
in MS, both parents born in MS
Here is one that is not a population schedule...
Event: 1850 United States Federal Census
Description: slave schedule
Date: 24 Sep 1850
Place: , Columbia County, Georgia, USA
John Lewis
20 year old black male
14 year old black male
2 year old black male
1 year old black male
24 year old black female
4 year old black female
And yet another..
Event: 1880 United States Federal Census
Description: mortality schedule
Date: 31 May 1880
Place: , Columbia County, Georgia, USA
John Lewis, age 81, male, white, widowed, born in GA, both parents
born in GA, farmer, died in May, cause of death - paralysis, attending
physcian - J. Maddox
Michele
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Jones" <a...@ajsquared.us>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:34 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information
I have seen many post about how to document/source Census information
and the different styles and to be honest I have not made up my mind and
won't till I have really done enough to decide. What I have seen less
discussion of and really wanted to know more of is how to others
document the lines/columns in a Census or do you even bother?
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:
2. How do you enter specific fields such as in the 1900 US Census like:
Relation, Color or Race, Attended School, Can Read, Can Write, Can
speak English, Owner or rented home, Farm or House .. or even my
favorite in the 1870 Census is "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or
idiotic.....
Do you actually type "Can Read:" then Yes or No etc.....? For each
field?
Where do you put that info so it looks right and shows up.
3. Do you do anything different if they are Head of House Hold vs not?
4. If you find an occupation field do then also enter that information
into a new occupation event? Same thing
This information sorta seems like source text, but that did not seem
like the best place to put it so it would show up "right" in most
reports.
I could see how some would even put it in two places event and source
text and I don't mind doing that if that were the "best thing"
How do others handle all the fields and fun details so it shows right in
reports or do you just say they were listed in the Census and provide no
detailed information?
More details the better.
thanks for any all suggestions
Alan
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