How would you respond if the conversation was about Residences sources from a Census? Would you create an Individual Event or a Marriage Event (or both?)
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't think that it is likely to be forgotten, Jerry, as many of us > absolutely agree with you (myself included). Which is why I do not normally > bother with this debate. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ? > > I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life > and I guess a lot of the professional genealogists do this, but I'm > still puzzled by why? To me a census is a SOURCE of information to > collaborate events in a person's life - birth, marriage, etc. But I > never treat a census as an event. People did not attend any census > meeting about themselves or conduct a census about themselves. > Therefore, there is another school of thought on this and that is to use > the census as a SOURCE and not as an EVENT. But, again, Legacy will > let you do it either way - just making sure the other school of thought > is not lost on this.... > > Jerry in Michigan / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org > > On 11/05/2011 05:33 PM, Wendy Howard wrote: > > 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 > > > 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). 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