Bruce, I do have Residence Events and Occupation events which, if appropriate, have a census for the Source. If a person is not cohabiting then clearly it is an Individual's Residence Event, if cohabiting a Marriage Event (others, I know, do this differently - but you asked me :-) ) and if widowed, or a partner is absent, then I again use an Individual event.
The rider to questions like this, is my usual one of: do that which suits you - there is no right nor wrong. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk From: Bruce Jones Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 12:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ? 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
