When you have a screen full of Citations, in from a specific Source, some times patterns don't show up when working on a specific Source.
I was just cleaning up the 1850 Census for Baltimore County, Maryland. Had gathered these Census Records over time, but failed to notice a specific pattern. When I finished the 3rd entry for this Source (1850, Maryland, Baltimore County) I saw something that I hadn't seen before.
Three Citations, each from District 1, on page 374-A, but look at the Dwelling and Family Numbers. The folks are on the SAME Page, and were neighbors. When I had looked at these census records the first time, I guess I didn't look at the full page, or to use the F.A.N. (Friends, Acquaintance, and Neighbor) method of research. But, I may not have known about that "back then".
Lesson learned: A properly written Citation, may help with your research. Had I done proper Citations earlier, I might have seen this connection earlier. I wonder how many more I will find.
This was an "unknown" feature, for me, of Family Tree Maker.
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I always look at neighbors in case they are the in-laws . Broke through many cases that way (-:
ReplyDeleteMagda,
ReplyDeleteI do too, now. Those records, I haven't looked at for years, a couple at least, and may or my not looked at the Census using the F.A.N. way of searching.
Great Suggestion.
Thank you,
Russ