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From: "Stuart Armstrong" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Custom Tag Cenus 17901840
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:07:15 -0600
References: <000101c4906e$3344b680$6802a8c0@Cheasa>


I like the idea. I've been thinking of trying this but it is a tedious task.

Another enhancement: it looks really nice if the entries are set off by CR's and TABS.

Here's a preliminary experiment with the 1790 census (not quite as daunting).

[:CR:][:TAB:][P] was recorded in the < [L4]> < [L5]> < [L6]> Federal census <at [L2]> <[L3]> <[D]>. Based on ages, it is possible that the following were also living in the household:<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:]Free White Males 16 and up: [R:FWM16UP].><[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:]Free White Males under 16: [R:FWMU16].><[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:]Free White Females: [R:FWFemales].><[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:]Other Free Persons: [R:OtherFreePersons].><[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:]Slaves: [R:Slaves].><[:CR:][:TAB:][M]>

Result:

Mary Jane Emerson was recorded in the Denton County Texas Federal census in 1790. Based on ages, it is possible that the following were also living in the household:

Free White Males 16 and up: Milton L. Barton.

Free White Males under 16: Emerson Wade Barton.

Free White Females: Mary Elliott Barton and Nancy Ann Barton.

Other Free Persons: Everett Ward Barton.

Slaves: Thurmond Hardy Barton.

This is an experiment. Delete this tag. Data is purely fictional, not to mention impossible.


In this arrangement it isn't even critical to separate single and plural roles.

Sample role sentence

[:CR:][:TAB:]<[D]>, based on age, [R:FWM16UP] may have been counted as a free white male 16 or older in the household of [P] <at [DETAIL]> <[L]>. <[M0]>

I tried this out in a journal report, and the more I look at the result, the more I like it. Maybe I'll try it with 1800.

Stuart Armstrong
----- Original Message -----
From: Teresa Ghee Elliott<mailto:>
To: <mailto:>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 3:54 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Custom Tag Cenus 17901840


Bob,
I don't know if this will help, but my Head of Household sentence is (note
you might want to leave out all the stuff at the front. This is the 1840
census.)

[:CR:][:TAB:]Article I, section 2, of the U.S. Constitution requires that a
decennial population census, a nationwide enumeration or count of the
<snip>
a free white male, age five to ten years old, > <[R:fr wh males 05-10], free
white males, age five to ten years old, ><[R:free wh male 10-15], a free
white male, age ten to fifteen years old, ><[R:fr wh males 10-15], free

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