Thanks all for the suggestions. I look on these shipping records as census substitutes, which they are for places that have no census records for us to find. They are snapshots of moments in time. But censuses are where a person or family resided at that time. If however a person or family is travelling to visit relatives, or on business, they would not have considered themselves to have removed from a place that they intend to return to, or to have emigrated, and their declared intended place of residence they would have considered temporary. If we went to London and rented a short term apartment, we would not consider that to be residing there, as in making a home. It is not our place of residence. I remain convinced that this shipping is an EVENT or fact. I could name the event "Shipping", but if they were crossing the Canada/US border by train or carriage or, more recently, travelling by air, Shipping sort-of applies but not accurately. In all cases, these people were "in transit". Sometimes they were emigrating and other times not. We can record two events. Census could contain lots of data. Resided would show where they went to to settle for a time. In a similar way, "Transit" (or a better term) will record the act of moving. If it was emigration, that is a special class of transiting and would be recorded that way. Almost none of my families went to North America, but they went to more abstruse counties, often with the British Army. I have them coming and going from Ceylon, Mauritius, India, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. I have found children in shipping records who were not previously known. I have an ancestor who is in London in the 1871 census but she could have gone there from Mauritius any time in the preceding 10 years. When I find that, it would be "Removing". I still don't quite like the term "Transit" but for the time being it is the best I can think of. Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: Rick Beitler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 20 March 2015 3:11 AM To: Bill; J. P. Gilliver (John) via; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BK] New Event In that case, I believe the correct accepted genealogy term is "removed." Sam Smith in March 1897 removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio. In 1899 Sam Smith removed from Ohio back to Pennsylvania. And so on. Rick Beitler If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. ~ Will Rogers & Rick Beitler -----Original Message----- From: Bill via Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 3:10 AM To: J. P. Gilliver (John) via Subject: Re: [BK] New Event But these people aren't either immigrating or emigrants. They are just moving back and forth Bill On 19 Mar 2015 18:40, "J. P. Gilliver (John) via" <[email protected]> wrote: > > In message <[email protected]>, Bill > Webster via <[email protected]> writes: > >I have just created a custom event that I named Transit, for want of > >a better word. Any other suggestions for this name?