Brian, This subject has been debated many times, and I suggest that you are incorrect to describe yourself as a purist. For me, a census is only a Source - pure and simple! No problem with those who are visiting, the English census records this, and so do I in the Residence Event notes.
My view as to the treatment of census data is just as valid as yours. --- Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> wrote: >Maybe I'm a purist at heart but I don't use a census to establish residency, >thus I stay away from entering a Residence Event. I can't remember exactly how >the UK or other countries handle their census but in the US it has been a >matter of where you slept on the night of April / June 1st, etc. Thus if your >family was off visiting the grandparents two hundred miles away and slept >there on the designated day of census, you could inadvertently being showing >them as a resident there. I merely call the event "Census", or "US Census", or >"Michigan State Census". Granted, the census and the actual residence were >usually one and the same but I continue to find more and more exceptions to >this rule. Maybe my family was weird or something. I suppose a solution to >avoiding misrepresenting such visitations as residency would be to put a note >on the Residence Event. But why create such a misleading event in the first >place. Just call it what it was - just a Census Event. > >Brian in CA > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:48 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Australian Electoral Rolls > >Lavern, > >I use censuses as a source for Residence Events, so I have a Residence Event, >Description: England Census, Date, and Location. In your case I would do the >same, just replacing "English Census" with Electoral Roll (or Voter >Registration) . >--- >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >GOONS #5307 > >"Lavern Hall" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>I am hoping that someone can advice me >>how to enter information on Legacy that I've found on the Australian >>Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980. >> >> The information this database provides is name, sex, year, state, >>district and subdistrict. So I'm thinking of the resource as proof of >>residence, so I'd create a Residence Event as if I were using a City >>Directory (USA). Maybe creating an event named Voter Registration is >>more accurate. Advice? >> >>Thanks, >>Lavern Hall >> > > > > > 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
