Adding to what Karen said below. If you happen to have Ancestry.com, when you get the the detailed record of the individual that you are looking for within the specific Census Year, you can "copy and paste" from ancestry into Legacy.
The information below is my father, in the 1930 Census. I did one quick "copy and paste". First you drag your mouse over all the data that you want in Ancestry (so it becomes highlighted in a different shade) Then, you right click (click the right mouse button). And you will see the option to "copy". Then within Legacy, in the "Notes" section, click inside the notes area, And finally do the following keystrokes "CNTL" "V", and all the text from the Census record gets copied in the Notes area. You can then clean up (remove any unwanted text). My only point is that you don't need to "transcribe" the text, you can instead copy and paste it. Name: Wesley H Hillendahl Home in 1930: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California View Map Age: 8 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1922 Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: John A Hillendahl Mother's Name: Laura D Hillendahl Race: White Occupation: Education: Military Service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John A Hillendahl 42 Laura D Hillendahl 41 Wesley H Hillendahl 8 -----Original Message----- From: MarksLady [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events When I do a census, first of all I add a fact - -- Census, Federal 1900 (or whatever census is being done) And I add the details - Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, USA and the full date that the census was done. NOT ENUMERATION DAY... Then in my notes I transcribe what I see in the census listing. I give the head of household a full listing of EVERYONE in the household that is listed on that census entry. If there is someone not related I include in my notes that persons status. If unrelated and I know that for a fact I state that. After doing that, I use the repeat button, I go to each person that was listed in that household and I give them the listing that pertains to them. It is sourced exactly like I do with the head of household. The image is given to the head of household for that census. Once a person marries and becomes head of household then they begin having the main note and images linked to them. The only things linked to the marriage would be a copy of the marriage record/Certificate, copy of a newspaper write up on the marriage or a scanned image of the wedding invitation. If a divorce occurred and I somehow had documentation of that it would be linked to the marriage to support the divorce date if known. I do the same with birth facts & birth Certificates, death fact & death certificates, Obituaries (I type all in), and burial usually has the headstone photo linked. Hope this is clearer than mud and it helps. Karen (Michigan) 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
