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Good evening,
I have noticed that many members include full details of a particular census record within a post. I was just curious as to whether they laboriously type out the details or cut and paste them from another source. If the latter, what is the source, as I can't see any way to do it using Ancestry?
Thanks in advance.
Ron

Copy and paste from ancestry.
Not magic, just normal method.

Hi Ron
just highlight the document, copy and paste. Works on ancestry and FMP
Maddie

Thanks both, but being really thick. When you say highlight the document, which document do you mean. On Ancestry there's the record page and the original image, but is there something else?

On ancestry you highlight the record page - or as much of it as you want to include.
Copy and paste.
You can then add extra information from the original image if necessary and it does not show on the record page. You can also remove the unwanted bits.

Brilliant, thanks. Thought there was some other method.

My preference is to copy & paste Ancestry's transcription, giving, say:


1881 England Census about William Atherton
Name: William Atherton
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary A. Atherton
Gender: Male
Where born: Bedford Leigh, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: North Meols
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 62 East Bank St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Broker (Servant)
Registration district: Ormskirk
Sub-registration district: North Meols
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
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Piece: 3750
Folio: 135
Page Number: 28
Household Members:
Name Age
William Atherton 57
Mary A. Atherton 53
Elizabeth Atherton 29
Sarah Moss 32
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Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3750; Folio: 135; Page: 28; GSU roll: 1341897.



Well, that's fine if I'm only ever interested in William, but how about his family?

Next I click on the link
Neighbors: View others on page

and then copy & paste the pob and relationship, and finally look at the record and type in (by hand) the address, marital status, occup & disability (although 1881 is a bit difft, as they're also transcribed here - it's the free LDS transcription that Ancestry uses), then remove all the redundant stuff to get:


1881 England Census
Civil parish: North Meols
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 62 East Bank St
Occupation: Broker (Servant)
Registration district: Ormskirk
Sub-registration district: North Meols
ED, institution, or vessel: 22

William Atherton 57 Bedford Leigh, Lancashire, England Head M Broker (Servant)
Mary A. Atherton 53 Winwick, Lancashire, England Wife M Broker
Elizabeth Atherton 29 Chowbent, Lancashire, England Daughter Broker
Sarah Moss 32 Whitchurch, Shropshire, England Boarder W Milliner

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3750; Folio: 135; Page: 28; GSU roll: 1341897.



I would also add corrections from the image, e.g.,
William Atherton [Alderton]
if that's what I thought it said - I don't have access to image, and with folk born in Bedford and Chowbent, it's a rather fanciful correction.