Please note that I was specifically referring to the countries of England/Wales, Scotland and Pre 1921 Ireland when saying that I only labelled them by country and Year. This may not apply to other countries and, I know does not for the USA.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Marg Strong Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourse vs. event At this point (I may be sorry because I know others do it differently) I list the Census as an event. I'm using just the Country/date/name of census as source, and the county etc. under the detail. Under the marriage, if it is the family, and under the individual if not married. I am saving the images in a directory that will make them easy to find, but haven't taken the time yet to attach them. I enter a full transcription for direct line ancestors. For events such as residence, occupation, immigration year, Alternte names, etc. I list the source and put just the line from the census that pertains to that - in the text place under detail. I'm not following you when you talk about printing reports or finding individuals because I'm still entering data, cleaning up a lot of entries that were not done well when I first started. I do want to enter the information in a way that will make reports and searches easier when I need those features. I was happy that Ron said he is using just the country and year for his census source. Since most of my ancestry so far is in Ontario, then the USA, I would have a lot of sources if I went by county. Thank you for taking the time to reply! From: Tessa <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourse vs. event Marg - why can't you print your report with a search function and find your people in a specific city, county or state? You have already listed the location in the Census event - unless I am missing something here if your event is the Census (mine are - Census, date, place) and the source is Census, you should be able to find. Do you not use the event or fact as the Census? On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Marg Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, more clean up ahead. I've been using just the census year and > country > as my source and putting the county information in the detail. I can see > why > it would be good to keep the counties together in the sources. Families > living in the same area can be easily gathered together in a report. > > So another task now is to go back, find all the individuals attached to > the > country for that year, and break the sources down into Counties. It would > be > so much easier to start using Legacy after becoming an expert. <sigh> > > ________________________________ > From: Marli Yoder <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:36 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourse vs. event > > Please explain source verses event. I use "Missouri, St. Louis 1900 > Federal > Census" as a SOURCE. Then I attach it as a Census EVENT to each individual > that > is referenced in that event. I do not "add individuals that are not part > of > the > family", but I do transcribe them. Am I understanding how you are using > the > Source? (This is an example only) Some sound like they make a new Source > for > each time they use it? > > I do remember that each persons way is right, but I'm confused. (as usual) > Marli Yoder > A& M Farms > Eureka & Sturgeon > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, April 19, 2012 2:21:58 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non Family Members on Census > > Marilyn, > > I always attached the image of every source to the Source Detail, largely > because when I get a piece of new information which seems to conflict with > my record I can easily, and quickly, refer back to the original image(s) > from which I drew my conclusions. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: Marilyn Clark > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non Family Members on Census > > I have not attached any census images, (in fact, I don't even download any > census images); I only transcribe the census and attach the full > transcription as a source to each person listed on the census. On the > SourceWriter field that asks for "ID of individual" I put "John Doe > household". > > > I do, however, include everyone in the household, whether servants, > lodgers, > visitors, etc. Sometimes these turn out to be family members, at which > point > I add them as individuals in my family file. > > > I don't use "Census" Event either. I do use "Residence" event for everyone > on the census, and if there is an occupation, I also do an "Occupation" > event. I use the source clipboard to make it quick and easy. > > > Marilyn > 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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