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'''''Footnote other events listed on each census.''''' Most censuses are full of information about non-census events in people's lives. Your analysis will be better if you know (footnote) each and every source that mentions an event. Even if such an event already has a source citation from another document, consider footnoting the following events on your family group record with a ''census citation'' (add custom events where needed): | '''''Footnote other events listed on each census.''''' Most censuses are full of information about non-census events in people's lives. Your analysis will be better if you know (footnote) each and every source that mentions an event. Even if such an event already has a source citation from another document, consider footnoting the following events on your family group record with a ''census citation'' (add custom events where needed): | ||
*Born – from age, or birthplace, or parents' birthplaces information on the census | *''Born'' – from age, or birthplace, or parents' birthplaces information on the census | ||
*Married – from (a) wife, (b) if married with the year, or (c) marital status | *''Married'' – from (a) wife, (b) if married with the year, or (c) marital status | ||
*Died – from (a) widowed status [regarding spouse], or (b) mortality schedule | *''Died'' – from (a) widowed status [regarding spouse], or (b) mortality schedule | ||
*Occupation | *''Occupation'' | ||
*Military Service – veterans, or widows on veterans schedules | *''Military Service'' – veterans, or widows on veterans schedules | ||
*Land – real estate value, or mortgage questions | *''Land'' – real estate value, or mortgage questions | ||
*Immigration | *''Immigration'' | ||
*Naturalization | *''Naturalization'' | ||
*Education – attended college question (can read and write may only show home schooling) | *''Education'' – attended college question (can read and write may only show home schooling) | ||
*Prison (new defined custom event) – convict question on the census | *''Prison'' (new defined custom event) – convict question on the census | ||
'''''Footnote the other events found in all the non-census sources''''' for each family member. | '''''Footnote the other events found in all the non-census sources''''' for each family member. | ||
'''''Use the comment field of each footnote''''' for a preliminary evaluation of the source. A few words of comment about the source's reliability, or how the new data compares with data in other sources will improve the more formal analysis later. | '''''Use the comment field of each footnote''''' for a preliminary evaluation of the source. A few words of comment about the source's reliability, or how the new data compares with data in other sources will improve the more formal analysis later. | ||
= '''Correlate, corroborate, analyze and interpret''' = | = '''Correlate, corroborate, analyze and interpret''' = | ||