Census records were intended to be used by the U. S. government for statistical purposes. As genealogists and family historians, some of us are more interested in the details of the lives of our ancestors and ancestral relatives than others of us. What is written on the census sheets provides a snapshot of the household. It may, or may not be accurate, depending on how careful the enumerator is when asking questions and recording answers, and what the informant chooses to tell the enumerator. When census events are displayed in chronological order, one can compare the data that has been recorded about various individuals in the family, and compare it with data from other decades.
Pauline On 11/24/2010 11:34 AM, Randy Clark wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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 > > --- On *Wed, 11/24/10, Mike Fry /<[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>/* wrote: > > > From: Mike Fry <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Usage model for Legacy events > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:02 AM > > On 2010/11/24 16:11, Jean Suplick wrote: > > > I understand the mechanics of using events. And I understand > the basic > > "use case" whereby you record specifics (date, location) for > major > > events like births, deaths, burials, etc., and you associate > > citations, files, notes, etc. All that makes sense to me. I > even get > > why you might record Occupation or Religion. > > > > What I don't understand is the general context for adding an > event > > called "User Story" or "Census" or similar as suggested in > various > > email threads. To me these are not events, but are sources. I'm > > surmizing there's a benefit to using Legacy in this way, and > I'd like > > to weigh that usage model as I start to embrace Legacy more > fully. > > First of all, I'd question your idea that "Census" is not an > event. A Census > takes place at a specific time and records specific details > such as a location. > The resulting documents produced by the Census process are > probably Sources, but > the Census that produced them was an Event in someone's life. > > I've always maintained that the term "Events" is a misnomer. > "Facts" would be a > better word to use. To me, an Event has a time and a place, > which is what basic > data entry part of an "Event" is all about. Even with the > "standard" events as > supplied out-of-the-box, there is no requirement that a date > and place is always > entered, and the wording for these "Events" adjusts as > necessary to take account > of the missing fields. You can even substitute your own, > "standard" wording for > the standard Events. > > Also, it is possible to define your own "Events" and these > need not necessarily > require the entry of a date or a place. In which case, they > become a simple > descriptive mechanism for adding facts to the persons history. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > > 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 > > > > > 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
