I don't think that census truly fits the real definition of an event in someone's life, but somebody in genealogy got started using it that way and it stuck. So, not likely we will be able to change it now. I never use it as an event, but I realize thousands do so.
Jerry Boor MerriamFamilyTree.org On 10/17/2015 6:54 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 17/10/2015 02:30, Cathy Pinner wrote: >> 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. > I don't see how one can argue that and you go on to contradict yourself! > A dictionary definition of Event is "a thing that happens or takes > place." The taking of a Census happened: a householder filled in a form > or answered questions from an enumerator thus making a statement about > certain facts pertaining at that time. The making of a statement is an > even which took place. > > Also, one should not forget that Legacy refers to "Event/Fact". It is a > fact that people were recorded in a Census. > > Everyone is, of course, entitled to use Legacy in whatever way suits > them best, but I see no reason why Census information should not be > entered as an Event/Fact in its own right. > 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
