I do not see any responses to your questions, so let me give them a shot; my suggestions will be prefaced with CLS (my initials) and interspersed with your original post, below.
Hope it helps! Connie --- On Sun, 9/26/10, E. Wolfe <e20...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi, I've searched the archives after being off the list for a while but don't see exactly what I am seeking. I would like ideas from anyone as to how to enter census data so that it appears as a narrative rather than just facts. My ultimate intention is to create a narrative book report to give to family members. (However, for my own personal use so that I can see at a glance which census years I have found for each person, I also want to have the census show up in the Events list.) 1. 'Where' would the best place be to enter the census information so that it prints out as a narrative? CLS responds: I would enter each census as a separate event, and then ensure printing of events is checked in report options. Use the Sentence Overrides as necessary so that it will print in the narrative style you want. I'm partial to [Notes] [Sources] which gives me complete control over what is printed. 2. Is there any way to have a pre-created 'fill-in narrative template' for each census year? CLS responds: The Event Notes field is limited in its word processing abilities, but to the extent the options available like bold, italics, and underlining will fit your needs, you can create any narrative you want and copy and paste it from a word processor into the field. 3. Is is best to make the wording include all the census questions that were asked, even if they do not apply to the person? (For example- whether they had an occupation, or 'did not' have an occupation listed). CLS responds: That is a personal choice; my answer would be "it depends." It depends upon which census year we're talking about, which census question we're talking about, which individual person we're talking about, what my interest in that person is, etc. I might, for example, indicate that no occupation was listed for my great-grandfather in 1900 who was a head-of-household (since men were ordinarily listed with an occupation). I might not indicate that for my great-grandmother, or for my third cousin, twice removed. 3. How can I enter the census info for every person but just have it all show up in narrative form for the head of household, not every family member, when I print out the narrative book report? CLS responds: For those individuals for whom you don't want it to print, mark it as a Private Event. Or, if you want some of the info to print, but not all of it, enclose that portion of your Note that you don't want to print in double brackets [[example]]. (If I'm not explaining my questions very well, please let me know and I'll try to do better.) thank you, elizabeth 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
