I think Ron is in the UK and it is about 5 in the morning there, I think, so you can probably expect him to answer later. But I almost find it hysterical that a census is considered an event in someone's life, despite the fact that many professionals advocate for that. That's sort of like saying a newspaper is an event in someone's life because they might be mentioned in the newspaper, or an obituary is an event in someone's life because, certainly, they are mentioned in the obituary. Clearly, they are sources, not events, and I prefer to use my Merriam-Webster roots to provide the correct definition. LOL!
But the other side is, that most users will definitely not want to wade through lots of information about their ancestors that most of us "genealogists" might even have some difficulty deciphering. They want a brief synopsis that tells them the story and most of them, even me, detest wading through endless, not needed, information. So, keep it simple, comes to mind, but I realize most of the ones who disagree on this issue are very smart people, just mis-informed about the dictionary definitions on this subject. Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 2/22/2012 10:40 PM, Lea-Anne Davison wrote: > I think I will experient with what has been suggested. I realise > there is no right or wrong way, but how it looks in the report is an > important part for me. I think I will try putting in an event whether > I call in Event or Residence not sure yet with an condensed > description of the family in the census eg John Smith was living with > his wife and children (perhaps name each but keep it short). Then > source the census with the full details in the text field and see how > that looks for the reports. Whether I print it as part of the > citation I will decide after I see how it looks but at least this way > it will only be once at the end of the report and not repeated all > through the report. > Thanks everyone for your thoughts. > Lea-Anne > > On 23 February 2012 13:31, Paula Ryburn<[email protected]> wrote: >> Lea-Anne, I do use census events, but I don't have the transcription of the >> entire household in every event. I use a more narrative style and include >> just that person's information. For the couple, I add the event to the >> marriage. In fact, if I have the image, I don't have the transcription >> anywhere, because I can just pull up the image if I need to see something >> and neither the image nor transcriptions add anything to the reports that I >> use. Even on those census sources where I have just transcriptions (have >> yet to obtain an image and see what was entered for myself), I have the >> transcription in the source, but I don't print it as part of the citation >> (entered in the Text field without checking that box). Hope this made >> sense. But as Ron has said "not a recommendation" - just describing how I >> do it in case it can be helpful to you. >> >> Note: if you do end up re-doing events, remember to use the event clipboard >> -- I mention this explicitly because I only very recently learned about this >> feature and it is wonderful, very quick! >> >> --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 Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Lea-Anne Davison<[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, February 22, 2012 6:42:45 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in >> readable reports >> >> Ron >> Yes I do add as a Census Event. I use the census source as a source >> for name and approx date of birth. Correct me if I am wrong, you are >> saying you have a residence event instead of an actual census event, >> which the census is used as the source. Are the names etc entered >> into the source as per Geoff's webinar. If so where are they entered >> and does this then only show as one source at the end of the report >> Lea-Anne >> >> On 23 February 2012 10:35, Ron Ferguson<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Lea-Anne, >>> >>> Am I right in thinking that you have a Census Event? If so this is one of >>> the reasons why I don't, and why I only use a census as a Source for eg. >>> name, occupations, residences etc. >>> >>> Ron Ferguson >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >>> >> <snip> >> >> >> >> 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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