Kathy, I do both. I guess you can argue that a census isn't an event but it's something that our ancestors and we are involved in at a particular place. It most definitely is a source. One reason it's handy to enter census as an event is that it's so much easier to check that you have found the person on every relevant census.
However, when it comes to reporting, you may or may not want to include the census events. This is a choice you can make at the time. You can exclude all census events from a report and leave them just as sources by editing the Census Event Definition. You just check the Private checkbox on the Event Definition screen - reached either from View - Master Lists - Event Definition - Census OR when editing a Census event, click the Edit Event Definition button. Then when you run a report, don't include Master Events that are Private. They are omitted by default so you'd have to change the Privacy options for the Report. Cathy Jenny M Benson wrote: > > 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! > 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
