Good points, Brett. Jerry Brett McL Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi Jerry > >You may not have noticed but the Events (in Legacy) has been named >Events/Facts, to highlight that the structure can be used to record >events and facts. It could be that some users are recording the census >as a fact. However I would do as you - the census is a source, the >residence is a fact. > >Cheers, Brett > >B McL Robinson >Tel +64 7 856 6582, 0277 500 714, fax +64 7 856 6582, Skype AB1252 >PO Box 1252, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand > > >On 6/11/2011 11:40 a.m., Jerry wrote: >> 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). >> 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). >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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