Opps. I forgot to turn off the Advanced Text Feature the first time. I've been a long time subscriber to Ancestry.com and as far as I know the 1790 - 1930 Census database has been available for years. I've always been able to access up to 1930. So what is new ? There are still some records that can't be found in the case of mistakes in the transcription or because the records were too faded. Can you explain why they advertising this as if it is something new? Thanks, Pam From: KarenHob@aol.com Reply-To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] New Census Database on line Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:02:11 EDT >Ancestry.com announced that they now have US Census database from 1790-1930 >on line at their website. I assume it is indexed but have not visited the >site to find out as yet. > >Other genealogy database indexes generally offer a choice to find exact >names >or sound-alike names along with exact names. When that choice is offered >it >is a good idea to use it. As an example, my Bregel surname also appears >in >US Census spelled Brigel or Briegal....for the same family. > >Since the announcement was in morning newspapers it may be best to wait a >week or so to try to use the database if you subscribe to Ancestry.com or >access >their websites via a public library or LDS FHC. The website may be >overloaded for a while so all you might get when you visit it is a message >to try again >later. > >Ancestry says they are the only source for that particular database on >line. > >Karen > > >==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >