Thanks, Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI
From: "Mary Sedlacek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinking from ONE parent Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:28:44 -0600
Glen,
When you do the Census in this manner and later print a Family Group or such
report for one of the now grown up kids with a family; will the total census
print for them?
Thanks
Mary
> Cafi,
>
> You can do it either way. I add the parents and then add the children. I
> do this from habit not that it is the right way but it works! I do create
> one source record for the head of household, enter the census information
> in the source detail, and link each individual in the census to that
source
> record. I think the advantage is when I print out a report such as Family
> Group Sheet the head of the household has an event (census) with the
> complete census information and each member of the family has an event
> for census that reads "name, age, sex, relationship to h/h, etc., was
> enumerated in the household of name" and in the end notes is the complete
> census information for that family. It is redundant to enter all of the
> census information in an event for each individual and this eliminates
that
> redundancy. It is the only way that I have been able to come up with to
> trick Legacy into thinking it is an "event driven" genealogy program
rather
> than a "linkage driven" genealogy program. You can use the same
> methodology for deeds, wills, etc.
>
> Glenn Kinkade
> Dallas, TX
>
>
> At 06:25 PM 3/2/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >Thanks Tom and Glenn and others who answered. I'm not used to a program
that
> >makes ANY assumptions for me. What you both suggested seems like an
> >easy-enough work-around. It would be nice to see an option to unlink from
> >just the father or just the mother.
> >
> >That said, what is your preferred entry sequence when dealing with a new
> >family such as one you found in the census? I've been so busy cleaning up
> >transferred data that I haven't done much data entry. Say you have an
> >end-of-line person who you just found with his parents and siblings the
> >census. Do you add siblings and then parents to all the children? Or do
you
> >add the parents then the other children?
>
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