Another way of dealing with this is to enter a Residence, an Occupation (for those census which include it), and any other Fact that you wish, for each census in which an individual appears.
The downside is that you now have many Events/Facts for the individual. The upside is that you now have the Facts. The source is the census. Thus, for the 1870 Census: X "resided with his family at 17 East 73rd St. in New York, New York, on 05 Jun 1880." X "worked as a cigar manufacturer in New York, New York, on 05 Jun 1880." As you can see, I have added some Events/Facts or changed the phraseology of Events/Facts to suit my purposes. Personal preference. CE From: Randy Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Usage model for Legacy events Now I have to chip in. Without the censuses displaying in order on the Individual Information pages how can I easily see which I have and which I don't. After being entered as Events they can be (or not be) sourced as desired. Randy On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Marc Scott <[email protected]> wrote: I would have to disagree with the Census being an event. It is a document. The census is a tool the government uses to extract information about the population. The same as BMD certificates. The "event" of a census would be one's place of residence at a specific date, and some other secondary information we can extract from the census, such as place and estimated date of birth. The census is no more an event than my birth certificate. Just because someone appears in the census doesn't make it an event, I appear in my birth certificate, does that make my birth certificate the event? My father appears in his DD-214 from the US Marines, does that make his DD-214 the event? are land deeds events or documentation of an event? one can use documents any way they will, it's their family history. If we follow the logic that a census is an event in itself, and not a document (to the event of "residence" and other assorted info), than almost any document we get in genealogy can be considered events in and of themselves, and we no longer have any sources, just events 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
