> John H Ballard <jballard@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > > Are these census errors and bad indexing in recent discussions coming > > from errors in the original enumerations? Or, are some or all being > > found only in incorrect transcriptions by ancestry.com? Important > > distinction. > > <snip of lots of good information ... > > > We also have to remember that all the indexers have to work with is > microfilm - and a lot of that is not clearly legible. I sometimes look > at a bunch of dim chicken scratches and marvel that the indexers got ANY > of the letters right - and they had them all correct! > > "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> Richard, thanks so much for your participation on this list. I personally appreciate you taking the time to enlighten us all. I am so thankful for the indexing....even with the errors. Micki Van Dyke A "newbie" "Micki Van Dyke" <mvandyke@attbi.com>