I've struggled to find a balance between dry facts and bringing the
information to life and have come up with this labor intensive compromise.
I enter all census data under one event; census. The description is the
years I have for the individual. I add a copy to the picture gallery of
the census. I lump source everything by census year and put all
information for an individual on the detail text screen. I also add a
picture here. I do it this way so that whatever screen I'm on, I can see
the image and I don't have to close sources to see the information about
the individual. I spend a lot of time on the sources screen and it helps
to compare source information too.
Finally, as I find facts, I add to a short biography to notes. It's more
interesting to read that a family moved from one state to another
because the wife was hopelessly homesick, than to read the family lived
in Minnesota, moved to Illinois and then back to Minnesota.
I can choose to print either notes or events or both on a report
depending on the recipient. Like I said labor intensive, but it appeals
to my compulsive nature. I'm sure there are flaws to this system, but I
print few reports and so far it works for me.
Mary
Paula Ryburn wrote:
Thank you for your answers and some background. When I picture the way some of you
describe how you enter census events/data, I just see the same data lists printed
over & over again in an Ancestor or Descendent BOOK report, which is what I
mainly use. I think my goal is to have something the lay person (read,
non-genealogist) can read and enjoy. Full sentences, not data lists. Of course,
who knows when I will reach that goal? A genealogist's job is never finished! ;)
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