Dennis:
I agree with you completly, a census is an event but a census record
which is what we are generally dealing with is a source of information
about the census and the included individuals, and is thus a source.
Charlie
Dennis Kowallek wrote:
>
> A census (the act of collecting population data), birth, or death are events.
> The microfilm, birth certificate, or obituary are records which document the
> event. These are "sources" of information about the event.
>
> As I have discovered after more than 22 years as a systems developer, when it
> comes to data modeling there is always more than one solution. But some
> solutions solve a problem better than others. ;-)
>
> Dennis Kowallek
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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>
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:06:17 -0500, "Barb Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Well, it is an event to the same extent that a probate record is an event or
> >an obituary or any of the dozens of other sources that give us information
> >recovered from the records of events in the person life. The source, i.e.
> >the source citation, is where you found that information--that is, where the
> >obituary was published, the year and page of the census information etc.
> >But I don't disagree with you that it makes sense to link to that
> >information as text found in the citation, rather than as an event. I
> >think the difference is where you determine you want it to display. If you
> >put it in the text of the source field, it will display in the footnote. If
> >you put it in as an event, it will display in the body of the report. I
> >decided I wanted the latter, although as I noted, I am still not sure that
> >was the best decision.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Charles Aubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:05 PM
> >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Anyone found away to link events to other people
> >
> >
> >> Dear Barb
> >> I may be mistaken, but a Census record is not an event, it is a
> >> Source, and as such each person listed under that source will be linked
> >> to the source. You can easily list all people under any given source
> >> and thus see who is linked to that source. Another point is that each
> >> person you enter is an individual and should have there own sources and
> >> events even if they are linked to a common source, cemetery, Bible, book
> >> etc. Just my thoughts
> >> Charles
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