I put whatever the census gives as information in the description. One entry for 1900 looks like this:
The household headed by Alfred C Fry, age 30, a brakeman on the RailRoad and his wife of 10 years Minnie, age 30 with children Jennie, age 10; Alfred F, age 9; Charles L, age 5 and Emily E, age 1. 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: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:50 PM, <ci...@treadles.ca> wrote: > Cathy-0, one way of looking at things is by asking yourself "What did we > do for censuses before computers? or "If I print a book of descendants > for old Aunt Ida who doesn't have a computer, what would she want to see? > > If I wanted to go to a lot of trouble, I could list Events like Religion > and enter the person's religion from each census, noting the year. Same > for Occupation, Residence, Marital Status, and any other categories you > can think of. > > Too much like work. Let old Aunt Ida read for herself. I simply type out > or Control-C when I can, everything the census shows, eg. > > 1891 Census of Canada > Name: Joshua Adams > Gender: Male > Marital Status: Married > Age: 57 > Birth Year: abt 1834 > Birthplace: Ontario > Relation to Head of House: Head > Religion: Church of England > French Canadian: No > Father's Birth Place: Ontario > Mother's Birth Place: England > Province: Ontario > District Number: 127 > District: Wellington South > Subdistrict: Guelph City > Archive Roll #: T-6377 > Household Members: > Name Age > Joshua Adams 57 > Maria Adams 48 > Harriet Adams 27 > Annie Adams 23 > Edith Adams 15 > Helen Adams 13 > Source Citation: 1891 Census Place: Guelph City, Wellington South, > Ontario. Roll: T-6377, Family No: 141. > > I copy the image and attach it to the Event so it's there to check when > i want, especially if something in the transcription seems out of > kilter. Then when printing a book, Aunt Ida sees everything I do, > without having to print each image too. > > But, as it's been said many times here, everyone has their own way of > doing things, so whatever works for you...... One caution though - > think about it from every aspect - who is going to see your work, will > they have a computer, will they be able to see the images, etc. It's a > lot more work to change everything midstream than to start off doing a > thorough job. > > Helen > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
