Hi I have recently, started to use shared events, it has help me understand links between families, ie visitors
I do download images, I just find it quicker, to double check info. Carrie From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: 11 January 2018 03:46 To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Efficient Data Entry Methods 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 th e 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 wi th 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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