Hello, all! My question might chime in with a previous thread on "census as event" vs. "census as source."
Thanks to a recently-received copy of the original of my great-grandparents' marriage return, I now know for sure that a certain couple were my great-grandmother's parents and their elder children were her siblings. Prior to obtaining the marriage document, I'd found what I thought might be the right family in the 1880 US Census, but the youngest child was listed as "Jesse" and put down as a boy, whereas my great-grandmother's name was Besse and she was definitely a girl! The age is right for her, and now that I know that this was indeed her family (due to some unusual names and confirmation from my mother, who remembers her great-aunts and great-uncle), I'm thinking that there was some miscommunication at the 1880 census visit regarding her age and gender. I've used this census as an information source on Besse's parents and siblings, but where in Legacy would I apply it to her? In her case, should I switch and call it a census event, explaining the errors in the notes? Or should I note the wrong name in the AKA field? My object is that, should someone refer to my work later, I've made it known that I am aware of this census entry, explain that the child in question was indeed herself, and set straight the error. Thanks! 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
