Like Bill mentioned I am always looking to improve or condense my "additional data" like pasted info from a census or obit.
I recently used the help of LTools and some sql code to remove over 78,000 BLANK lines from my "Obituary" events.. Tho' none of us are actually PRINTING much these days, I may have actually saved a tree or two... And my report look much nicer without all the blank lines Jay On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Bob Austen <rgaus...@telus.net> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > I keep my research notes under 'Research Notes' and in (all?) the reports > options you can elect not to include these notes. Or put [[brackets]] > around the material you don't want to include. > > > > Ancestry does change the 'header' line. Sometimes the page numbers change > as they update/correct information. Still, it is the description in my > file. Others might use something like "Tolson - 1930 US Census", or the > method of your choosing. My image file is getting so big that I many times > don't store the image - something I will probably regret later. Another > case of not having too much information. > > > > My transcription is a copy and paste direct to Legacy of the Ancestry > info, along with a little editing - such as deleting common, unused, lines > and (sometimes) adding the individual occupation at the end. Most of my > research is in England where I find it easier to have a 'common' > translation. The US census may have a lot of personal information for each > individual so generalization becomes a problem. I may get lazy and just do > the head of the household and copy it to the rest of the family. In the > Tolson census example, below, I have copied in the family members and > placed it under Household Members. This has made it a bit more general. > > > > I'm sure, if we could peek over the shoulder of our fellow LUGers, we > would see a different method for most out there. I like to hear what > others are doing and maybe I can find other ways of doing things. > > > > Regards, > > > > Bob A > > > > > > > > *From:* William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2014 8:00 AM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Fixed Fonts, Destroyed Columns? > > > > I just worry about doing reports and having too many pages compared to > condensing the information. I'm always looking for improvements because > I'm not 100% satisfied with my way of doing it. I wish there was a nice > template for entering all the information and let the program format it the > way it should be. I know there's SourceWriter, but many of the fields are > useless and when trying to find a citation the items I want to see are not > first in that Detail column in Legacy under Sources. > > > > I thought about going back to just copying and pasting for each family > member and only list their information. The problem I had with that years > ago was when I wanted to see who was the child of somebody, I had to refer > back to the image. For the past three months I have been downloading a lot > of census records and transcribing every day. I can't imagine doing it the > way you have it below even though I really like your way of doing it. It's > a lot cleaner than my way and does have more information. If I just copy > what Ancestry has, I'd have to compare what they have against the image > because they have sloppy transcribers. > > > > For the Source Citation (Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington...), I use > from the year to the page number as a file name along with the Head of > Household's name for the images which is why I have it formatted that way. > It is much easier to find images and see if I have any duplicates. I've > noticed that when copying that citation information, Ancestry is not always > consistent with what's on that line. The ED might be at the beginning or > the end. The ED and sheet/page numbers are more important than the other > information at least when I'm searching for other relatives that might live > nearby. > > > > > > *From:* Bob Austen [mailto:rgaus...@telus.net <rgaus...@telus.net>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:30 AM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Fixed Fonts, Destroyed Columns? > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > Jumping in here... > > > > I have never been sorry for having too much information... > > > > Like you, I am interested in how others do their census extracts, and we > each find our own method. There is no 'right' way - it's what works for > you. > > > > This is my transcription for Edward L Tolson: > > > > *1930 *United States Federal Census - District of Columbia - Washington - > Washington - District 356 - pg 15 of 71 > > Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Washington, > District of Columbia; Roll: 303; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0356; > Image: 94.0; FHL microfilm: 2340038. > > Name: *Edward L Tolson* > > Gender: Male > > Birth Year: abt 1887 > > Birthplace: District of Columbia > > Race: White > > Home in 1930: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia > > Map of Home: View Map > > Marital Status: Married > > Relation to Head of House: Head > > Spouse's Name: Ada M Tolson > > Father's Birthplace: Maryland > > Mother's Birthplace: Maryland > > Neighbors: View others on page > > Household Members: > > *Edward L Tolson* Washington, Washington, District of > Columbia abt 1887 District of Columbia > Head Draftsman, Patton Company > > Ada M Tolson Washington, Washington, District of > Columbia abt 1889 District of Columbia Wife > > Edward L Tolson Washington, Washington, District of > Columbia abt 1911 District of Columbia Son > > Dorothy E Tolson Washington, Washington, District of > Columbia abt 1914 District of Columbia > Daughter > > Leo B Middleton Washington, Washington, District of > Columbia abt 1879 District of Columbia > Lodger Patent Attorney > > Name Age > > Edward L Tolson 43 > > Ada M Tolson 41 > > Edward L Tolson 19 > > Dorothy E Tolson 16 > > Leo B Middleton 51 > > > > I save the image using the first line as the name, create a census Event, > attach the image to the Event, and copy the transcription in the Event > Notes. > > > > My 'clutter' comes from copying the transcription to the Research Notes as > well (as I do for each census obtained). 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