I am a splitter. My census records are organized State, county, Year with the rest in the details. i.e. Pennsylvania, Lancaster County - 1850 It would drive me crazy to just to 1850 Census.
Debby On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Naomi SMITH BLACK < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you. That does give it perspective. > > > > > *Naomi Lee SMITH BLACK,* > *Cartersville, GA.* > > AERNI, SUTTER, SMITH, GIFFORD, ZELUFF, WINGATE, BLACK, CARDER, RAWLS > > taphophilia, noun, from the Greek word taphos meaning grave; a love for > funerals, graves, cemeteries > > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 10 Mar 2017 at 10:54, Naomi SMITH BLACK wrote: >> >> > Next question. Now that I am starting from scratch...what qualifies as >> a >> > Master Source? Ex: 1920 US Federal Census >> > >> > I will be using many of these, but for different areas, such as Putnam >> > County, Ohio and Monroe County, Michigan, etc. >> > >> > Would *each* of these be considered a Master Source? >> >> Different people deal with this in different ways. >> >> A lot will depend on which sources apply to your data, and how much >> information you have from each source. >> >> For example, if you have a very large number of families from a small >> area, >> you may want to make that small area (eg Putnam Country, Ohio) a master >> source, but if you have family scattered over a wider area, you might >> want to >> make the master source the 1920 US Census, and put Putnam County into the >> details. >> >> My own preference is the latter, but I still make exceptions for some >> things. >> >> One reason for my preference is database architecture, which is a bit >> technical, but still worth considering. >> >> Legacy is a relational database, and one of the rules of relational >> database >> is to avoid duplication. If you make Putnam County Ohio and Monroe County >> Michigan your master sources, then you have to enter the 1920 US Census >> twice, and more if there are other counties. All those entries take up >> space >> on your disk. >> >> There are 3,141 counties in the United States. If you had 2 people in >> each in >> the 1920 Census, that would be 3141 Master Sources and 6282 detail >> sources. >> If, however, you lump the entries for the 1920 Census into one master >> source, >> that's 3140 master source records. >> >> But if your people are distributed over 5 counties, then 5 Master sources >> might be better. >> >> >> -- >> Steve Hayes >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com >> Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm >> Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 >> Fax: 086-548-2525 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- Debby Flood
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