Hi there. I've inherited a "tree" from my parents and want to take it
further, but I'm new to genealogy in general and Legacy in particular, so
please forgive what might be a fairly basic question. I've been using Legacy
5 [thanks to its free "standard" version - in my view a staggering product
for no money! - but quickly upgraded to Deluxe, partly to gain the
additional capabilities, but also partly because I thought it was a product
worth supporting], but mostly my database contains the individuals and not
much more at the moment. I've now started to accumulate census data from the
UK, and I'd appreciate your views on how best to incorporate this into
Legacy.
For example, I can make the England 1871 Census a Master Source, and then
add Census events to each individual with the page reference info,
transcription etc. in the event detail. Or I can make each page reference a
Master Source, with maybe a complete transcription there, and then add a
Census event with just a reference to that Master Source. Of course, the
second way will mean I get a large number of Master Source entries. The
first way seems tidier, but makes a bit of extra work for me when adding
sources. How do other people deal with this? Is there a better way
altogether?
On a related subject, I'd like to be able to produce some kind of
"completeness" report, which can quickly tell me who I haven't yet found
census entries for yet. Ideally I'd like to produce a table with names down
the left, and various censuses (England 1861, England 1871, Wales 1871,
etc.) as columns, with a tick (or something) to show which entries I've got.
It seems to me that something like this ought to be feasible (if I can work
out the right way to record the census entries in the first place), possibly
using advanced searches and tags. Has anyone managed anything similar?
All suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks,
Pete Chalmers
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