Mary:
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different answers to just about any question you ask because everyone does
things differently and Legacy is so tremendously flexible.
In Legacy a census record can be a Source, an Event, or both. Search the
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Mary,
In case you don't know, users tend to fall into two classes. lumpers and
splitters. The former have few Master Sources and use the Detail Citation
to include the specific details relating to a given situation, whereas
splitters break their Sources down either geographically or by some
Ron Ferguson wrote
I am not suggesting that you should follow my practice, but I am simply
giving an illustration of one different way of doing things. As others
have said, the choice is yours.
Below my signature on this message (as on all LUG messages) there are a
number of links, including
I wouldn't split up the census information by line for each person. I did
that years ago and regretted it because I couldn't figure out who the head
of household was.
I'm new to Legacy too so someone else can give better information for doing
this.
Bill
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to input census?
Mary:
Welcome to the list! You'll probably find that you get at least three
different answers to just about any question you ask because everyone does
things differently and Legacy is so tremendously
Mary,
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to input census?
Mary,
In case you don't know, users tend to fall into two classes. lumpers and
splitters. The former have few Master Sources
Of William H. Boswell
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:05 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to input census?
I only create a main source for each items such as the census. It is only
by year and then cited for each family with their own information
1:54 PM
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to input census?
Bill:
I also have _Evidence Explained_ and have studied it pretty carefully but
have never seen a recommendation to break down census citations by film
roll. Rather, Mills recommends grouping sources
Mary, you might want to check out the training CDs for Legacy. I
didn't get to view the one that might have that info yet. It's been
too long since I reviewed the Legacy 6.0 CDs, but I recall something
might be on there. I find that the CDs have tons of information to
cover questions on
30, 2009 1:07 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to input census?
Maybe I misread it, but they do have jurisdictions which are just as bad.
Some of the Special Populations Schedules (Pg. 288) show NARA microfilm
numbers in the Source List Entry.
I skipped
If you open the Family page for the individual, you can either click on the
little note icon below the information filed, or click on the field to open
the information page. Under Events/.Facts select Add, then enter Census in
the event field. Enter the date and location of the census, then click
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