Legacy needs a way to display multiples of events with details in a built-in wall chart.
Multiple spreadsheets and multiple census index projects become a problem to manage. I use a simple word CHECK in the location field for an event like 1911 census. A farmer who was not in the city home with the rest of the family in 1911 could have Census, 1911, CHECK farm at Rosebud, not found City. Working with county spreadsheets, I would make a custom report on one computer listing the individuals with CHECK in the location field for a particular year. Then I'd view the spreadsheet on a second computer in the same room until all the CHECK locations were changed to age, name varition, location or NOT FOUND. If an individual was missed completely in the expected district in 1881, I enter NOT FOUND City or NOT FOUND with parents. That way, every Outline report copied and pasted from the database to an e-mail can have the essential details. A research contact can then reply if the individual was found in the US 1880 census or elsewhere with a surname spelling variation. Sometimes the birth date changes from one source to another and affects birth order of children in the main lines of research. Earliest census is usually the most reliable for birth order. It was too hard to check BMD and 1871-1911 census index as separate spreadsheets for one county because each source had variations in surname spelling or location descriptions. I'm not using Master Locations in any genealogy files because so many research areas changed names or had no counties. Canadian 1911 online census index can be linked to 1901 index for the same individual by the volunteers. The same individuals found in 1881 or 1906 census can be liked by posting a request to a mailing list. Some surnames have different Soundex codes as listed by census takers or index volunteers guessing at the handwriting. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack > However, I tend to use spreadsheets to record the data I transcribe from > primary sources at record offices etc. I have one for North Devon, one for > South Devon and one for Yorkshire - as they are the prime parts of the UK > that my ancestors hailed from. Within these I have a tab for each set of > records - e.g. Barnstaple baptisms, Burrington burials, and record the > details of each entry I want to remember, either as they are part of the > family or "just in case" I need them later. You could add a column for the > specific source if that helps to reduce the number of tabs to a more > manageable level. Of course I also keep my original notes as well to refer > back to in case of a query later. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
