I do pretty much the same. I call it "Census", but in the description, I type "United States Federal" because then it reads "She appeared on the United States Federal census..." In the date field, I record the official date of the census in that particular year. (When transcribing the census record, I place the actual date the census was taken in the event detail text/comments field, along with the transcribed info, and copy it again into the notes for the event. That way, I can see at a glance when I open the event what is in there, rather than having 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 <rajan...@earthlink.net> wrote: > From: Janis L Gilmore <rajan...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 1:47 PM > 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 in the descriptive (although I have > toyed with > entering the exact head of household name). > > I use the exact census date, from the census page, as the > date. > > I enter full census data in the Notes section, so that it > will be viewable > on the Chronology page: > > 1. Jas Phipps, head, owns free of mortgage, male, white, > 48, Missouri, > Kentucky, Tennessee, farmer > 2. Martha Phipps, wife, female, white, 50, Tennessee, > Tennessee, Tennessee > 3. Tim Phipps, son, male, white, 20, Missouri, Missouri, > Tennessee > 4. Ruby Phipps, daughter, female, white, 15, attended > school this year, > Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee > 5. Paul Phipps, son, male, white, 12, attended school this > year, Missouri, > Missouri, Tennessee > 6. Sim Phipps, son, male, white, 10, attended school this > year, Missouri, > Missouri, Tennessee > > I also bold the person of interest in the above list. > > Having said that, I do try to keep my database up to date. > But,I suggest to > you that the more serious you get about your methodology, > the less serious > these questions become - because you do so much writing, > with footnotes, and > do not consider your database any longer to be chapter and > verse. > > Janis Walker Gilmore > > > > > On 9/11/09 4:57 PM, "Alan Jones" <a...@ajsquared.us> > wrote: > > > > > 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 > > have event templates for each Census year at least the > major Census years. > > > > thanks for your thoughts. > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
