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From: Sue Maxwell <>
Subject: Re: [RMagic] Census fact
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:18:49 -0600
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Okay, here is what I do. I think this is what you are asking.

Let's say that I find someone on a 1920 Census. I add a census fact
(source name: census) to one person in the household. I enter the date
of the census and the location, select the source tab, and click on "Add
existing source". I then select my source which is "1920 US Federal
Census". I enter the film number, etc, and then enter the transcribed
data into the source citation, under "Actual text". Click OK. This puts
you back to the "Edit Fact: Census" box. Then click on "Memorize" and
click "OK".

Then I go to each person, add a census fact, and "paste" the source.

Someday I would like to see the ability to copy and paste the entire
fact, so that I don't have to "add a fact", date, and location manually
to each one. But currently you have to do that extra step. But at least,
we can memorize and paste the source to each one.

Also, I guess I could even create user defined "census" facts that have
the date of the census as part of the fact name. I could name them
"Census-1920 US Federal", "Census-1930 US Federal", etc. This would just
be another option if you want to keep track of different years for
research and reporting purposes.

I have also mentioned before how I use color-coding to identify which
people in my database should be on a particular census year. I'll do
this periodically so that I can work on just one census year and quickly
identify those that should have a census fact for that year.

Sue

Christy Fillerup wrote:
> Sue - how do you do the memorize and paste for an entire fact?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sue Maxwell
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [RMagic] Census fact
>
>
> There actually is what you might want to call a child census fact,
> because, you just use the regular census fact. Just add to one of the
> children, then memorize and paste to all the siblings. I don't use the
> census family fact, because as I mentioned before, I want every person
> to stand alone with their own facts. So I just enter the census data
> once and then memorize and paste it to the other spouse and each child
> listed. I also link the census image to each person.
>
> That's why I create my census facts with the year (1790 US Federal
> Census, 1800 US Federal Census, etc.). Then I can create a "different"
> census fact for each year. When all the sources get listed on a report,
> etc, the year is easy to identify. I can also search for specific people
> who have or have not a "1790" census fact. It's pretty slick.
>
> I do really like your idea of a fill in the blank form that you could
> select when you do a census fact and that data enters into the citation
> in a proper format. I guess you could even have it put the data in notes
> and it could write the sentence structure based on the census year.
> (Are you listening Bruce? <grin>)
>
> Sue
>
> Desta Elliott wrote:
> > I am really enjoying this thread; I am learning a lot.
> >
> > I like to see the census facts all in a row, so I put in a census fact for
> > 1890, saying the census was destroyed as well as the 1790 VA Census for that
> > matter. If I can't find the household, I put the census fact with my search
> > notation--'undiscovered in XXX County of XX state" or does not appear in
> > Ancestry's Index or whatever is the status my research. I like having the
> > information there, at a glance. My wish/dream is to have a place to enter
> > the census taker's info, in fields as they appear each decade. I see that
> > some of you type all that in, but it is a daunting task for me. I wish there
> > was a census:child fact, too. I enter a census fact for a child and then
> > give the paren'ts census report as the source. I also download the census
> > image from ancestry and add it as multimedia in the source. I also cull
> > facts such as living/occupation/birth facts using the census as source.
> >
> >
>
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