Naomi,
One thing to think about is how you might use the Show List feature. If
you are too much of a lumper, it's pretty useless - but the same goes if
you are an extreme splitter. For some sources I'm a lumper and for other
source types I'm a splitter - mainly because of how I might want to use
Show List and then turn that list into a search list.
Cathy
Debby Flood wrote:
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] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Thank you. That does give it perspective.
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Steve Hayes
<[email protected] <mailto:[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.
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Steve Hayes
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