I assign my Census sources to each piece of "data" that i get out of it.
Say in the Census, I find this info.... Name: John Brown Sex: Male Age: 50 Marital Status: Single (etc.) I would make up my source record and copy it to the source clipboard (and I would include that info to it.) I would then assign (or copy) that source to the following fields Name (or Alt.Name if it didn't exactly match what I am using for the name) Birth Date (or Alt Birth Date if it doesn't calculate to the year I am using in the Birth Date) I would create a Marital Status event, put in Single (and the census year) - and assign the census source I would also create a Residence event and include the source - and a Census event and include the source. That way, I know when I am looking at a person, I know exactly where I got each piece of information. The only "unspecified" places I have a source attached to are for my immediate family - where I have a "Personal Knowledge" source (and for the family members that I have personally viewed things like Birth Certificates, etc - I source those specifics) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
