For what it's worth here are a couple of examples that I have in my
data base. Some have more information than others. I suspect a
licensed genealogist (if there is such a thing) would have a fit but
like you this is for myself not others.
4. US Federal Census Bureau, 1920 Census - Lewiston, Adroscoggin, Maine, USA
Rec. Date: 14 Jan 1920, House 4. Cit. Date: 30 Mar 2006
Note: Generally I place more details in the ' details ' part but in
this instance I seem to have simply placed House 4.
29. Canadian National Archives, 1901 Census - New Rockland Villiage,
Richmond &
Wolfe, Quebec, Canada (Subdistrict: New Rockland (Village), RICHMOND &
WOLFE, QUEBEC District Number: 187 Subdistrict Number: i Archives
Microfilm: T-6542). Cit. Date: 13 Mar 2005
Paul Croteau
At 09:52 AM 30/03/2006, you wrote:
How do other users of Legacy enter the information from Census
returns? On the whole, I like to do things the "proper" way, but at
the same time my research is largely just for my own interest and
secondarily for members of my family so I do what I feel comfortable with.
Most of my ancestors lived in England so the information I typically
glean from a Census is the address, names, ages and occupations of
each member of the household and their relationship to each other.
Currently, I use the Census event, putting the year and country into
description, the date of Census night into date and the
town/village, county and country into place. But after that, I have
tried a few variations and have yet to find a method I really like.
Do put the street address in the Notes or in the Event Address? Do I
list all the members of the household just in the entry for Head of
Household or repeat it for every person? (I don't favour the latter
as it's makes for boring reports.) Do I put a person's Occupation
details in the Notes, or make a separate Event entry?
I'd really value other users' opinions and preferences on this.
Recently I have been putting all the information about the
household, the address and his/her occupation in the Notes for the
Head, then for each other person putting "See Joe Bloggs 666. Her
occupation was Laundress" or "See Fanny Adams 123" in their notes,
where Joe Bloggs or Fanny Adams is the Head. I'm not convinced,
though, that this is the best method.
--
Jenny M Benson
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