Donna,
You have to decide how much census data you include. I do much the same
as Geoff Rasmussen does. See the webinar: Watch Geoff Live - entering a
census except I think he shares with other household members. For this
webinar you need a subscription.
I transcribe the household for myself and include the transcription in
Event notes for the head or household or person of interest in the
household and in the Source Detail text.
Others will copy the transcription from a website as is or add
corrections and missing information. I find it is usually quicker to
make my own transcription but then I can type. Transcribing for yourself
also means you are more likely to really see all the data.
I enter a census event for everyone using the Event Clipboard to copy to
other members of the household. It copies the links so if you edit after
you copy, it's the edited version that is pasted. It is complete with
sources and media.
Others use the Shared event option that was introduced in Legacy 8.
Some download and attach census images to the event, others to the
source, others to both. I rarely even download the census image these
days except for direct line or if there is something unusual about the
entry.
In terms of sourcing, the source doesn't change in any way for a census
household.
If you haven't learnt to use the Source Clipboard, you need to stop and
do that first as it saves heaps of time. See the free webinar
<http://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=201>
Just be consistent.
Cathy
gordondo wrote:
I would welcome suggestions for how to organize information for
efficient entry into Legacy—particularly census data since there is so
much of it. I have considerable pre-retirement experience with
database and form design and input and can figure out where to enter
data. I have to admit to updating Legacy to the most recent version
several times but doing very little input. My issue is not so much
with Legacy’s design as it is with trying to figure out how to
efficiently work with the widely different images and text information
that to be inputted. I accept that because of this the data entry is
going to be clunky, but there have to be tricks and tips to make the
process less frustrating. I hope there are some good ideas out in
Legacy Land.
Donna
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