Nick
A fairly trivial point but I have been using AS to add a number of US census entries (First can I say what a wonderful job you have done with the text schemes for each year.) But, and there is always a but, many of the occupation boxes contain the word 'None', which I assume to be somewhat different to the enumerator leaving the box blank and hence I enter 'None' This then screws up all the reports that FH produces as you end up with a sentence such as 'On 20 January 1920 he was a None in North Campbell Township.' I know I could manually edit each sentence but this seems a pain or I could leave the box blank but I am reluctant to do this for the above reason.
Is there something I am missing?
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andrewbraid
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No you're not missing anything. When you fill in the boxes you do have to be aware of where the information being entered is going to be recorded. The only solution is to leave them blank and then once you've clicked on 'Auto' to generate the source text edit the text to show 'None'.
I don't really see that None is any different to having a blank occupation?
I don't really see that None is any different to having a blank occupation?
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Nick
I almost agree with you (about leaving 'None' blank) but I have seen for the same family some members as having 'None' and others as having a blank in the occupation box so there must be some subtle difference, at least in the minds of US census enumerators in the 1920/30 censuses.
I think that most of the blanks were for children and most of the 'None's were for wives so there may be a pattern. I have certainly never seen the ubiquitous 'scholar' so beloved of English enumerators!
I almost agree with you (about leaving 'None' blank) but I have seen for the same family some members as having 'None' and others as having a blank in the occupation box so there must be some subtle difference, at least in the minds of US census enumerators in the 1920/30 censuses.
I think that most of the blanks were for children and most of the 'None's were for wives so there may be a pattern. I have certainly never seen the ubiquitous 'scholar' so beloved of English enumerators!