Kathy, Although I've not had the wrong gender for an ancestor on the census, I've had many misspelled. I typically do add a census event for each individual (but not exactly "how Geoff does it"), and in the misspelling cases, I typically indicate such in the Event Notes. "Besse was incorrectly recorded as Jesse (male)." I'm assuming you have all the other proof cited for Besse. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams
________________________________ From: Kathy Horstman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, November 25, 2011 11:31:12 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Making note of (inaccurate) information on census Thanks for the suggestions. I'm reminded that I can use Legacy in a flexible manner, and not feel that if I list a Census Event for one person, I have to do it for every ancestor I find. Kathy H. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 8:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Making note of (inaccurate) information on census I would record the census exactly as written on the page as a census event. I would put Jesse Doe as an AKA. I would use the census as a source for the AKA, date of birth, place of birth, relationship to parents etc. If you want to make it clear, you could either write a short note at the bottom of the census event such as [Jesse Doe, male is actually Bessie Doe, female as evidenced by....] Or your could do it this way... Jesse Doe, son [sic], white, male [sic], age 4, single, born in MS, both parents born in MS That shows that you are recording the census exactly but you recognize that there is an error. The only things I will "sic" is gender and relationships [obvious mistakes]. Michele 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
