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Recording UK Census data

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To enter the rest of the family we are going to use the Relationships view. This will capture the relationships between the family members as we add them to the database. First we need to make sure that John Martin is the currently selected person. So click on the People View, open the Martin sublist by clicking on the small triangle to the left of the "Matin" and then click on John Martin. Now move to the Relationships View by clicking the Relationships icon in the icon list on the left hand side of the main window. This will show a Relationships View with John Martin as the Selected Person. The first person we want to add is Zillah Martin, John's wife.
On the right hand side of the icon bar at the top of the window there are three icons for 'Add', 'Share' and 'Partner' (if you screen is too narrow you may need to click on the small black triangle at the far right of the icon bar to see these icons). Click on the 'Partner' icon to add Zilla Zillah Martin to the database as John's wife. In the New Family dialog click on the + to the right of "Mother". Fill in the Person record with the information for ZillaZillah, be sure to change the "Type" to married name. Remember that you can use the information already on the Clipboard to speed up the data entry. Once the Person record is completed click on OK. Now add the Source Reference to the Family on the Sources tab of the New Family dialog and change the Type to "Married". You can now add an event to the Family for the marriage.
[[Image:Marriage event 1.png|thumbnail|Add marriage - Illustration 9]]
Unfortunately the Census records do not tells us anything about peoples marriage. In fact it is dangerous to assume that just because they say they are man and wife on the Census that they are actually married. How you deal with this is up to you. I change the Event Type to 'Possible Marriage' and enter a date of 'before 3 April 1881'. This captures what I think the census is telling me. You might choose to leave the Event Type as 'Marriage' it is up to you. Click on the Event tab in the Family View and then click on to add a new event. The Role will be set to Family. Don't forget to add the Source Reference as well. Illustration 9 shows the completed dialog. Click OK to close the dialog.
Now we want to add this event to each of the spouses but change their Roles. Drag and drop the Event on to the Clipboard. The Then click on the edit button next to "Martin, John" (the one with the pencil). Drag the Possible Marriage Event from the Clipboard and drop it on the Event tab. This will open the Event Reference Editor, change the Role to "Groom" and click OK. Click OK on the Person dialog and repeat for Zilla Zillah Martin, but change the Role to "Bride".
[[Image:Family view 1.png|thumbnail|Completed family record - Illustration 10]]
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