That should have read "Residences sourced..."
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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