> > > 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. > > > > > > John H Ballard <jballard@dslextreme.com> > > > > <snip> > > > > 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> > > As someone who has indexed a state census for just one county I want > to say that at some point the indexer has to make a decision if it > is a "P" or "B" or it would never be done. The hand writing on just > the one county census ran the course from --shall we say > ornate--to--unreadable scratches. I just had to say that. > > mglory@hutchtel.net I have also found that the mistakes with the letters of i--a-e-. For example, ancestry.com for 1930 has our name listed as GOOD but it should be GOAD. Also the letters i & e can be mistaken. You almost have to be a detective. Shirley Goad in Louisiana "Shirley Goad" <meme1@wnonline.net>