Hello fellow list members, When I made my posting concerning the Dumfries 1841 Free Census Project on the 24th of October, I promised updates on the project. So here is the first one! First, the home page has moved. It is now at www.rootsweb.com/~sctdfsfc . If you visit you will see that currently 28% of the pieces (parishes and parts of large parishes) have been assigned to individual transcribers, and that one of the pieces has finished being transcribed! Of course there is much to do before any transcribed pieces go on line: they must be checked by a proofreader, then validated in order to remove as many discrepencies as possible that are left over from the previous stages. Only then, when the files are as accurate as possible, will the data go on line. We are making progress, but could still use help. This transcription project works with scanned images of the census pages, so you don't have to work with bulky microfilm or microfiche readers, but rather can view all the images and do all the transcribing right on your own computer! If you see a parish that would interest you to transcribe, let me (Thomas Daly) know at thomas.daly@stgeorges.qc.ca . That's all for now, but I will continue to keep you informed of the progress of the project. Thomas Daly