Hello list! I just wanted to let you know that I finally completed a transcription of the 1850 census for Fayette County. I have worked on it off and on over several years and checked it a couple of times......it's uploaded here at The USGenWeb Census Project and I'll be adding a link to it from the county site. http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ga/fayette/1850/ It was a difficult transcription due to the handwriting on some pages. It has some obvious errors - in my families I found duplications and missing people. In studying it, I think it was taken and then copied over by the enumerator before turning it in and that these mistakes occurred then. I made my best effort at translating it as close as possible but there is always room for error. If you find errors that should be noted, please let me know. If you have access to the images and would consider proofreading all or part of it, please let me know or contact the census project. The index is the most useful part of it and in my own research I have learned that the more indexing that is done by different people, the more chance there is you will find who you are looking for! I looked for a PA ancestor for years in the 1870 census and never found her on Ancestry, Heritage Quest, etc. and just happened to pick up a published book in a library that was an index made years ago of the Federal Census for PA and there she was. Looking at the images after that I couldn't understand why she was missed in other indexes because her name was easy to read on the image but you never know who is preparing the index and how they interpret handwriting. I hope you find it useful! I'll be working on the mortality and slave schedules for 1850 next. Linda B
Fantastic Linda! Thank you so much!!!! Christina Huvelle -----Original Message----- From: Linda Blum-Barton <lblumb@gmail.com> To: gafayett-l <gafayett-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 5:00 pm Subject: [GAFAYETT] 1850 Census Hello list! I just wanted to let you know that I finally completed a transcription of he 1850 census for Fayette County. I have worked on it off and on over everal years and checked it a couple of times......it's uploaded here at he USGenWeb Census Project and I'll be adding a link to it from the county ite. http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ga/fayette/1850/ It was a difficult transcription due to the handwriting on some pages. It as some obvious errors - in my families I found duplications and missing eople. In studying it, I think it was taken and then copied over by the numerator before turning it in and that these mistakes occurred then. I made my best effort at translating it as close as possible but there is lways room for error. If you find errors that should be noted, please let e know. If you have access to the images and would consider proofreading ll or part of it, please let me know or contact the census project. The index is the most useful part of it and in my own research I have earned that the more indexing that is done by different people, the more hance there is you will find who you are looking for! I looked for a PA ncestor for years in the 1870 census and never found her on Ancestry, eritage Quest, etc. and just happened to pick up a published book in a ibrary that was an index made years ago of the Federal Census for PA and here she was. Looking at the images after that I couldn't understand why he was missed in other indexes because her name was easy to read on the mage but you never know who is preparing the index and how they interpret andwriting. I hope you find it useful! I'll be working on the mortality and slave chedules for 1850 next. Linda B ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAFAYETT-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message