I have an event for each census (1880, 1900, 1910, etc) and include (in the description) The household headed by... and include everything for the head of the household. I then use the event clipboard to put it with the others in the family. Each is then a complete record (but I only had to enter it once). I have wondered if those other than the head of household should (maybe) have only their part of the citation for the whole family -- like "Shown as a student, age 14 in the household of John Smith." rather than the whole thing... Still thinking about tha one. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA
Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: [email protected] On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Heather Stovold <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 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
