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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] 1810 census tag
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 10:04:14 -0700
References: <200103051411.f25EBE830243@lists5.rootsweb.com> <4.1.20010331072742.0139cd08@pop.mis.net> <010d01c0ba13$a1cbb200$d8bd1c26@casper> <3AC64758.A018E09D@rvi.net>


The restrictions on having only one primary tag per group is why I create
*all* new tags in the other category rather than to a tag type that is more
appropriately named.


----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Burgess <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] 1810 census tag


> I am a new kid on the TMG block, in the process of moving here from UFT.
Every
> day I discover new differences in how the two programs handle the same
data. One
> that promises to offer lots of editing is TAG's restriction on only one
primary
> tag from each Tag Type Group or one primary tag from each Tag Type in the
Other
> Event Tag Type Group.
>
> Since census tags are in the Other Event group, you can have one primary
general
> census tag, but you can have one each of the 1800, 1810, 1820, etc. tags.
If my
> understanding is correct and since most persons appear in more than one
census,
> that is reason enough to use specific-year census - or to create new tags
for
> other events that can occur more than once in an individual's life.
>
> Joe Burgess.
>
> Cheri Casper wrote:
>
> > Is there some compelling reason to use a specific-year census tag versus
> > using a general census tag and then putting the year in the date field?
> > Please let me know if there is so I can fix this before I start adding a
lot
> > more census information.
>
>

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