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ENGLISH / Re: Storing Census data in Ancestris

« on: August 15, 2022, 21:22:53 »

Hi Frederic

Thank you for your help. But unfortunately registers tool does not help me on this occasion. Using the "Misc" type is not idea but okay. Unfortunately only having a fix list of fields is a bigger problem. There are many fields that just are not included, such as number of children born, living and died, or infirmity. I could reuse other fields but that would lead to confusion. I now understand how to enter multiple entries, thank you. Entering the information in a registry and then copying it across does not really help me. I might as well enter the information directly into the individuals record. I was also hoping for a way to display data already in my GEDCOM file, to help me spot mistakes and missing entries.

I will continue to investigate the functionality of Ancestris.

Thank you for all your help and such a prompt reply to my questions.
Alastair

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ENGLISH / Storing Census data in Ancestris

« on: August 13, 2022, 17:24:48 »

Hi

I am trying to understand how the registers tool works in Ancestris. I am trying to enter English Census data. I can't seem to find how to add a Census type to the possible births, marriages, deaths, misc types. Also I can't find how to define what entries there should be for each Census. In England the data collected changes for each Census. Also how do I record multiple entries, the example file only shows two participants, while Census pages can record many people per page. Can you explain how Ancestris stores and reads the registry information in a GEDCOM file.

If register records are not the correct way to store Census information please let me know.

I am looking for something like the forms add on in Gramps.
https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Forms_Gramplet

I would use Gramps but I much prefer the simpler interface of Ancestris.

Thanks for writing such a great program.