Categories - Census Records

Question

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using the category for the actual census in the actual location like this:

[[Category:1950 US Census, Scott County, Tennessee]]

Instead of just this:

[[Category: Scott County, Tennessee]]

I just usually use the category for the town, county, etc.  Some of my profiles would have a lot of census categories.

Thanks,

Sheila

Comments

the category Scott County, Tennessee, could be pertinent to BMD events, the census categories pinpoint a residence at a specific point in time.  One does not exclude the other in this case.  For the rest, see Darren's answer.

Answer 1

The advantages of using Census categories can be considered to be

• Confirming a certain time the person was in the location at a glance
• Grouping people in that area in that time 
• Provides a narrower category for the specific county
• Can help identify when someone moved or visited someone, ie not in they usual location

Only main disadvantage is if you think more categories can clutter a profile. 

Categories are a personal preference so people can add as many or as few as they like as long as the category has reference to the profile categorized. 

Comments

Thanks for the info.  I really have to think on this!  It would be a lot of stuff on some of my profiles. But it might be worth it.

Thanks again!

Sheila