One event or multiple? Census as event or Residence? For the Chronology you want the Events separate, but as Barton says, the report can get a bit monotonous.
The solution I think is to have two different events: eg Land and Land Summary. Depending on what you were doing you would make one or the other Private so that it wasn't included. This can be done Globally in the Event Definition. I enter Census as an Event/Fact as, for a start, it's much easier to see whether you've found all relevant censuses for someone. For some ancestors (mainly direct) I'll also add residence events where I have more evidence than just one census. For some reports, I make the Census event Private. Just another option as we juggle our data entry to aid further research AND to present to family. Cathy BARTON LEWIS wrote: > > Thanks, Brian. My practice has been to enter censuses as a source > within the "birth' field, but it occured to me it could also fall under > residence. > > Barton > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 01:15 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > > > Jumping in here, here are some thoughts on why you would record each >> >> deed separately and how I would record other events: >> >> 1. Recording each deed separately adds to the chronology of the person >> and lets you see that not all their land was acquired at the same >> time. >> In a way it shows the growth in the family fortunes which gives a >> clearer picture of their life. A downturn in fortune would also appear >> if land is being disposed of piecemeal over time. >> >> 2. In cases where land is acquired in different areas you can track >> the >> migration of the family over time. >> >> 3. Census sources include details of where a family is living, in >> those >> cases I would record the place as a residence event since there is no >> land record. My practice, unlike Geoff's is to record censuses as >> sources for facts included in the census listing such as place of >> residence, estimated birth dates based on age, family relationships >> etc. >> Geoff records the census itself as an event. >> >> Brian >> Customer Support >> [email protected] >> > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
