Jim Rassette 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2013 Does anyone have examples or suggestions about creating event tags for the 1850 and 1860 Census Slave Schedules? I have seen and like Terry Reigel's examples for source documentation but have found nothing concerning the event tags. I would like to manage all the slave information found on these schedules in a way that I may be able to trace the slaves individually. Thanks, Jim Rassette Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Byram 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2013 I use a custom census tag type such as Census185S, The Principal sentence is: [P] appeared on the U.S. census (slave schedule) as the owner of The Witness sentence is: [W] was enumerated as a slave in the household of [P] in the [D] U.S. census And a memo example would be: enumerated 3 Dec 1850||5 slaves (M/45, M/35, M/10, F/20, F/2) That doesn't exactly accomplish what you wanted to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Blakelock 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2013 Jim R. - There have been some discussions on the TMG mailing list on this subject. Go to the mailing list search engine here and enter 'trace slaves' in the Body field to get a list of the threads. Virginia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Rassette 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2013 Thanks Jim and Virginia for your suggestions. I'm still experimenting with different tags to do what I need. If you are adding slaves as people in your database to track events in their lives, how do you identify (name) the slaves listed in these or earlier censuses before you find documentation that gives them a name. What naming convention would you use, or, would you leave the names blank with only a record number to hold the place? Jim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Byram 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2013 I don't actually do this; however, if I did... I don't leave the name blank for anyone so I would devise a placeholder naming system until a real name can be determined. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites