On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Singhals wrote: > > > The only official rule which might throw you off is that first names and a > > middle initial follow all those same names without a middle initial. Any > > grouping within a given name, e.g., by POB, is purely unofficial. And > > you probably realize that the soundex cards sometimes got out of order. > > > Rats, I'd forgotten about that! There goes three more days. > > Cheryl Idle curiousity on my part. Why is it taking you so long? Are you having to check each soundex entry with the census itself? How are you determining if you're looking at the right person/family? Aren't you going to be able to eliminate most of the people in the soundex based on age or family members? What is it on the census itself that tells you that you have the right person? Just curious Steve --

shmartonak@ticnet.com wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Singhals wrote: > > > > > The only official rule which might throw you off is that first names and a > > > middle initial follow all those same names without a middle initial. Any > > > grouping within a given name, e.g., by POB, is purely unofficial. And > > > you probably realize that the soundex cards sometimes got out of order. > > > > > > Rats, I'd forgotten about that! There goes three more days. > > > > Cheryl > > Idle curiousity on my part. Why is it taking you so long? Are you having > to check each soundex entry with the census itself? How are you > determining if you're looking at the right person/family? Aren't you > going to be able to eliminate most of the people in the soundex based on > age or family members? What is it on the census itself that tells you > that you have the right person? > > Just curious (G) Yeah, I'm amazed it's taking so long, myself. However, I have the barest minimum info on my target (name, name of spouse, name and BD of one child). There are an absolutely astounding number of persons with that name, and an even more astounding number of soundex-mates (targer surname is perhaps 1/4 the soundex). And I'm copying out ALL the matching target names, because of a vague rumor that target had an uncle with the same name. I'm over 45 entries and not quite to half-way. Then, if I don't positively identify him, I'll have to go back through, looking for him as a son in his father's household. One neat thing, may be NYC specific, may be in any big city, dunno; but here on the Citizenship slot on the Soundex card, I'm seeing things like "1893 - NA - 1903" or "1889 -Pa-" which look like immigration dates and naturalization dates. That'll save me a trip to the actual census (g). Be interesting to see if any match with what I've got from EllisIsland. Cheryl

Singhals wrote: > One neat thing, may be NYC specific, may be in any big city, > dunno; but here on the Citizenship slot on the Soundex card, I'm > seeing things like "1893 - NA - 1903" or "1889 -Pa-" which look > like immigration dates and naturalization dates. That'll save me > a trip to the actual census (g). Be interesting to see if any > match with what I've got from EllisIsland. Progress Report on that last sentence. EllisIsland gives me 67 hits with the given-surname combo; 12 arrived AFTER the 1920 Census. (55 possibilities) I have (so far) 47 entries from the Soundex, less 15 who were born in NY. (32 possibilities). There is ONE man who is a "probable hit" -- birthplace matches, extrapolated bd matches; date of immigration doesn't match. I've had better odds. Cheryl

Singhals wrote: > One neat thing, may be NYC specific, may be in any big city, > dunno; but here on the Citizenship slot on the Soundex card, I'm > seeing things like "1893 - NA - 1903" or "1889 -Pa-" which look > like immigration dates and naturalization dates. That'll save me > a trip to the actual census (g). Be interesting to see if any > match with what I've got from EllisIsland. Progress Report on that last sentence. EllisIsland gives me 67 hits with the given-surname combo; 12 arrived AFTER the 1920 Census. (55 possibilities) I have (so far) 47 entries from the Soundex, less 15 who were born in NY. (32 possibilities). There is ONE man who is a "probable hit" -- birthplace matches, extrapolated bd matches; date of immigration doesn't match. I've had better odds. Cheryl ========= WAS CANCELLED BY =======: Message-ID: <cancel.3C2A8640.2F58D2E7@erols.com> Control: cancel <3C2A8640.2F58D2E7@erols.com> Subject: cmsg cancel <3C2A8640.2F58D2E7@erols.com> From: Singhals <singhals@erols.com> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 06:02:07 GMT X-Trace: winter.news.erols.com 186880655 44676 221.74.128.51 (Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:05:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com X-No-Archive: yes Newsgroups: microsoft.test,comp.lang.c,soc.genealogy.misc NNTP-Posting-Host: wonenara.ozemail.com.au 203.108.164.177 Lines: 1 Path: news.sol.net!spool0-nwblwi.newsops.execpc.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!nntp1.roc.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!feeder.qis.net!nntp.abs.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!sea-feed.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!msrnewsc1!cppssbbsa01.microsoft.com!tkmsftngp01!tkmsftngp05!u.n.a.c.a.n.c.e.l.l.e.r This message was cancelled from within Mozilla.