Hi Bruce, > I am puzzling on where to put Census (or Residence) Events for a couple. > It is clear that a single person in a Census would have the Census as > an Individual Event. But where you others put a Census Event for a > couple? Individual? Marriage? Both?
This is something that can be done in a variety of ways (as you've already noticed) and the one that is "right" is the one that you like and suits your needs. What is right for one person may not be right for another, so consider your options, and how you'd like the entries to appear in your reports. My method is to have a census event for each person. I put a transcript of the census entry for the entire household in the source (in the Text/Comments field of the Source Detail, and check the box to include it in reports), so when I create a report where more than one person in that household appears, that transcript appears only once. I've edited the sentence structure for census events so that when all fields are filled it reads: [HeShe] appeared on the census [onDate] [inPlace] as a [Desc]. [Notes][Sources] The [Desc] field is where I put their age and occupation, such as "3-year-old", or "22-year-old Ironstone Miner" - without the quotes I've shown here to distinguish the field contents. These two examples, taken from my great-great-grandfather William Boynton IRELAND, come out reading: "He appeared on the census in 1851 in Langtoft, Yorkshire, England as a 3-year-old", and "He appeared on the census in 1871 in Rosedale West Side, Lastingham, Yorkshire, England as a 22-year-old Ironstone Miner" ... each sentence followed by a superscript number referring to the source information, where a transcript of the household can be seen. When he was three, William had no occupation ascribed to him in the census, so I don't mention any. With the [Desc] field at the end of the sentence, I can add in any other peculiarities of the census entry that I want to mention, or I can use the Notes field, as I feel the need. This suits me. I have developed it over the years, mainly from reading of other people's examples on this list. It might sound like a lot of work, but I use the Event Clipboard, once I've set up the first person, and edit the individual details for each subsequent person after copying the clipboard to a new event for them. The source information is carried along in this clipboard, so you only have to do the bulk of the work once. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
