I'm with you, Helen. I name master sources at the highest level possible, e.g. "1870 US Federal Census", then I use the source detail fields to differentiate subcategories, like state, district, etc. That way the same master source captures any number of entries.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 7:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Description 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/[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
