On 11/24/2010 2:26 PM, Marc Scott 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? I must disagree. A census is an event (an enumerator obtaining information). The result of that event is a compilation of many documents. These documents are your sources for the information obtained during the census event. The birth certificate is a source documenting the EVENT of your birth. However you decide to classify them for your research and documentation is perhaps a matter of personal preference but sources are typically the result of some type of event. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm 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
