Very well said, Debbie!! Gail <Just to thank Deanie for her work, and to underline her thoughts on <transcribing census records. <Thanks Deanie!!! <As everyone knows that has looked at microfilms of census records, they are <not easy to read on the machines. Some pages are just there to start with, <then the copied pages from the machines are worse sometimes than what is <seen on the machine. I have had trouble finding my own family even if I <knew the names of everyone I was looking for in family. Taking all of this <into consideration image sitting at your computer with a photocopy of a <poorly copied census record written some 140 years ago. We do the very <best we can in reading the records to place online. We try not to rewrite <history, we do what we can within our own powers to type just what was <written. Mistakes can and I am sure will be made as each of us can read <something totally different in a family that is not ours, and some in a <family that is ours. Transcribing census records or any records is not an <easy task, its very time consuming. All efforts should be praised! Not <complained about. If you find errors in any census records you find <online, please take into account what I have said here. Most of all double <check the microfilm yourself. As with all records you find online or <otherwise. We can't correct the original census records and to correct one <online is next to impossible. <THANKS AGAIN DEANIE for your hard work, I for one appreciate all your <efforts in getting this information to everyone. Debbie