The Census source should be based on location. You could find several families in that census and location so it should be sourced as Geoff shows in the Sample file.
City/town is part of the Source Detail. Unless you're a splitter and like rummaging through hundreds, if not thousands of items in the Master Source List <g> Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Kate Mohr <[email protected]> wrote: > As a newbie, I used 1910 (or 1920,1930) US Census for my master source list > names. Needless to say, with family members all across the US, I have > multiple master sources with the same master source list name. I noticed > Geoff uses location in his examples. I thought family names would also work. > Any suggestions from users on what works, what are the alternatives? > > > Also, why is there not a field for town/city name on page one of the Source > Writer for Census info? County is there. Town/City is on page 2 and is > buried in the citation information. > > Appreciate any insights. 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
