Jenny, I asked a question about this, but so far no one responded. I understand better now why some of you use the census as an event (or better stated as a fact), but how does that affect getting a list of residences, occupations, etc.? If everything is lumped in together with events, would you still be able to get a report easily of all the occupations, residences and such? Just wondering how you do that...
Jerry in Michigan / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org On 11/07/2011 07:45 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 05/11/2011 20:40, Bruce Jones wrote: >> 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? > Personally, I put all Census Events in as Individual Events. This is > because I want to see them all in one place, not some here and some > there. Imagine a situation where, over the years, a person is > enumerated with his parents as a child, then perhaps as a lodger as a > young person, then with his/her spouse in their own home, then as a > visitor in someone else's home, then back to the marital home again but > with a new spouse. Those entries would be in one person's Individual > Events and 3 different sets of Marriage Events. > > And I do use Census Events, rather than splitting the information > between Residence, Occupation etc because I think almost everything can > be thought of as an Event or a Fact of someone's life. It's a fact that > they were enumerated in a Census, it's a fact that they stated they were > of such-and-such age and in such-and-such occupation. Happily, Legacy > allows Census sheets to be used as the basis of an Event or as a series > of separate Facts. > > I like to include *all* the information from the Census in the Event so > that I can see at a glance all the changes in address/circumstance/age > etc over the years. > 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
