Hi Bill, Apologies to those who are not interested in this as it is a little long, but you can pass it by. I may be unnecessarily repeating myself, but I wanted to show just how easy it actually is. Three copy/pastes gives you 99% of the data.
To some degree it depends on what country you are searching. English census are really easy to copy and one transcription fits all. The US census, not so easy (read quick). The US census contains a lot of personal information about the highlighted individual. When I'm lazy I will just use the head of the household info and copy it to all the other family members - otherwise I will make one transcription and copy/paste over the next persons data. I will use Jay's example for the US census This is simply a quick copy from Ancestry (using FireFox as my browser) there has been no editing. 1900 United States Federal Census about George F Ingalls Name: George F Ingalls Age: 51 Birth Date: Jun 1848 Birthplace: Maine Home in 1900: Surry, Hancock, Maine Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Louise A Ingalls Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10 Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Maine Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age George F Ingalls 51 Louise A Ingalls 30 Harry H Gott 9 Mabel L Gott 7 Ester E Gott 6 Mildred S Gott 1 Alexander Mccaslin 43 Sarah S Mccaslin 77 Then I will go to "View others on the page" and copy the household members and paste them in between the lines "Houshold members and Name Age. One more quick copy - no editing required. I now have this: (and it shows the household members relationships) 1900 United States Federal Census about George F Ingalls Name: George F Ingalls Age: 51 Birth Date: Jun 1848 Birthplace: Maine Home in 1900: Surry, Hancock, Maine Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Louise A Ingalls Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10 Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Maine Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: George F Ingalls Surry, Hancock, Maine Jun 1848 Maine Head Louise A Ingalls Surry, Hancock, Maine Aug 1869 Maine Wife Harry H Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Nov 1890 Maine Step Son Mabel L Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Aug 1892 Maine Step Daughter Ester E Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Aug 1893 Maine Step Daughter Mildred S Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Jul 1898 Maine Step Daughter Alexander Mccaslin Surry, Hancock, Maine Nov 1816 Maine Boarder Sarah S Mccaslin Surry, Hancock, Maine Apr 1823 Maine Boarder Name Age George F Ingalls 51 Louise A Ingalls 30 Harry H Gott 9 Mabel L Gott 7 Ester E Gott 6 Mildred S Gott 1 Alexander Mccaslin 43 Sarah S Mccaslin 77 Again there is no editing here, I've done two quick copy and simply pasted in the data. By pasting in the family info I can now see the relationships for all the people. I can/will use this for all the family members. On the screen when you open a census page, just below the record and the Save button, you will find the Source Citation. I generally copy this in as well. ( third copy/paste) Some find this of little use, though it can be handy in Family Search. Jay put his on the bottom. I delete "About George Ingalls" at the top and insert the Source info on the second line. Now it is somewhat generic and can be use for everyone in the family group. Jay's example below takes more editing, and has less information - but it works for him. Mine is very verbose, thus taking up a lot of room - again, I've never been sorry for having too much information. Jay's version is just great and puts the emphasis on the person/information that he wants foremost. You can do editing if you wish. I might open the census, dig out the occupations, and add that in at the end of each of the "Household Members" line. You can also copy/replace each individuals info (replacing Name though Occupation) to personalize it for them in their page. I do embolden the census year and the individual for their own record. My final version with all the editing (it took me longer to type in the neighbors then it did to do the rest) You can leave out any part of this. 1900 United States Federal Census Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Surry, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 593; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0067; FHL microfilm: 1240593. Name: George F Ingalls Age: 51 Birth Date: Jun 1848 Birthplace: Maine Home in 1900: Surry, Hancock, Maine Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Louise A Ingalls Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10 Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Maine Neighbors: Willins; Carter; Haskele; Carter; Ingalls, Gott; McCaslin; Lenfkin; Trundy; Rankin; Cunnigham; Saunders; Gray Household Members: George F Ingalls Surry, Hancock, Maine Jun 1848 Maine Head Farmer Louise A Ingalls Surry, Hancock, Maine Aug 1869 Maine Wife Harry H Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Nov 1890 Maine Step Son At School Mabel L Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Aug 1892 Maine Step Daughter At School Ester E Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Aug 1893 Maine Step Daughter At School Mildred S Gott Surry, Hancock, Maine Jul 1898 Maine Step Daughter Alexander Mccaslin Surry, Hancock, Maine Nov 1816 Maine Boarder Sarah S Mccaslin Surry, Hancock, Maine Apr 1823 Maine Boarder Name Age George F Ingalls 51 Louise A Ingalls 30 Harry H Gott 9 Mabel L Gott 7 Ester E Gott 6 Mildred S Gott 1 Alexander Mccaslin 43 Sarah S Mccaslin 77 This looks better in Legacy. Copy this into a Research Notes for someone - Save it/reopen it and have a look at it. Hope you find your method. Bob -----Original Message----- From: William Boswell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Formatting Ancestry.com Census Data for Legacy Events I really like the condensed formatting. Do you create the top part for each household member or just the head of household? I always save the census image in case it isn't available or if I have to subscribe to get it again. I'm a short-term subscriber to Ancestry because they don't have a lot of records for the areas I'm researching. FamilySearch also doesn't have too many images anymore and we have to get them from Ancestry or elsewhere. I prefer copying and pasting rather than typing so either your template or Bob's will give me ideas. I would just hate to redo all of them because I have thousands of census sources. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: J.M. "Jay" Ingalls [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 4:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Formatting Ancestry.com Census Data for Legacy Events Below is an example of my copied, pasted, and edited census info from Ancestry.com. I usually check the actual census image and edit the Ancestry.com version to show either both the original Ancestry version and my corrections, often within [] brackets. Part of the time I list the occupation and birth place and relationship for each person in the family in table format. I also try to add alternate names and info to the Ancestry page. When I think it may help me in the future, I also add the list of all the "neighbors", using the "index" and "Copy all" options on the Ancestry copy of the census page image. I like having the first line as shown, it is visible when viewing the list of events, and lets me see the age and state where born in each census easily. I use the option to copy the event to the clipboard, and paste it into the Legacy record for each person in that census record, changing the data as required for the individual. Then each persons record "stands alone". I do not save the census image, hoping it will always be available somewhere if anyone needs it. Jay Ingalls ..................................... George F Ingalls, Age 51, Born Jun 1848 in Maine Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Louise A Ingalls Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10 Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Maine Occupation: Farmer, Owns Farm Household Members: Name Age George F Ingalls 51 Louise A Ingalls 30 Harry H Gott 9 Mabel L Gott 7 Ester E Gott 6 Mildred S Gott 1 Alexander Mccaslin 43 Boarder Sarah S Mccaslin 77 Boarder Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Surry, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 593; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 67; FHL microfilm: 1240593. 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