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From: "Ken Nelson" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Census report
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 17:59:13 -0400
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For census data, there is I believe a more complete way to enter the
data in TMG. It uses Diana Begeman's method of census keeping.
http://www.halcyon.com/begeman/TMG_Main_Page.htm
http://www.halcyon.com/begeman/Census.htm
This is a sample memo sentence from one entry for 1860:
Benjamin is listed as a 33 year old male farmer. His real estate is
valued at $1200 and his personal estate at $305. He was born in New
Hampshire. || B.F. Reed

This method uses every scrap of data from the census to paint a
picture. I like it because when I want to know what a census said
about a person, I know exactly. It takes some leatning, but when I
open a person view for the head of household I can see who was listed
with that person for each and every sentence in which he/she was head.

I hope you give it a look.

Ken Nelson


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