On 16/10/2015 21:07, Kathy Meyer wrote: > I haven't worked on my family history much over the last couple of years, > at least not enough to remember the most useful way to record some things, > so I apologize up front if this is too basic - but there are always new > users out there right? :-) > > I'm finding things I sourced very poorly 'back when I started' (haha!) > Somewhere along the line I did start to use sources and events more fully > and I like creating the Census event and including ALL of the details in > the event notes (BTW - I L.O.V.E. the event sharing option that I just > learned to use) I include the census page image in the Media portion of > the event itself. > > Prior to using Events for that, I simply "sourced' entries, like birth, > name, etc. individually with the Census SOURCE so I would know exactly > where I got that information, which makes lots of sense to me; otherwise, > if I got the birth year (for instance) from the 1920 census, I would have > to guess that I got it from the Census EVENT and then go check it. So I > know I need to have that SOURCE with the census information for each field > that it applies to. > > Soooo.....right now, as I'm going through these old ones, I am doing BOTH. > I'm creating the Census EVENT and then adding the Census SOURCE to the > event itself (otherwise it wouldn't have all the nitty gritty source > details about where it was found etc) and then copying that source to the > clipboard and adding it to the applicable fields, which is seems like too > much but also seems necessary so that I know where information came from. > If I were creating an individual from scratch, it would be easier because I > could attach the source to all the fields I guess. > > And I don't mind the extra work itself, I just feel like I may be putting > too much in for the sake of reports and such. If I ever get everything > cleaned up well enough, I do want to turn it into book format to share. > Believe it or not, I actually have a family member who does NOT own a > computer. > > Sorry for the length of this; I would love to get your suggestions. thanks! > It sounds as though you are doing exactly what I do, so it sounds fine to me!
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