Hi Deborah,
>The only solution I've come up with is to create an event for each
> individual called "census" and then assign the census records to that
>event.
That's how I do it - now! I started off by ignoring the Events section,
assigning all pictures of censuses, B,M & D registrations, etc. to the
general category for the person and all the printed census records to
the general notes. It made everything too difficult to read and keep
track of, so I'm in the midst of changing everything to the event
category, no small task with over 5000 people to do.
Most importantly though, do be careful how you name your pictures. I
started off by naming them, for example,
John Henry Peter Smith birth.jpg or
JHP Smith birth.jpg and
1891 census-JHP Smith.jpg
With the huge number of Johns, Henrys and Williams on the list of
document images, the files area was a real mess.
What a dough-head I was! Who is the most important factor in genealogy?
the person, of course.
So now I'm in the process of renaming all the images as
Smith John Henry Peter birth.jpg and
Smith John Henry Peter-1891 census.jpg
Women are named with their maiden surname for photos taken before
marriage, for example, a baby picture, but as an adult with their spouse
and children, I name them Jones Smith Mary Jane-th.jpg
It makes it much easier when checking the files area on my hard drive,
to see what I have and don't have for each person, but again, what a
chore renaming and reassigning all the images.
When I have actual photos of the person, I make a 33 dpi by 50 dpi
cropped photo and name it - Smith John Henry Peter-th.jpg. that way, I
can search the files for "th" and find out instantly who I have
photographs for and who I don't.
Helen
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