WE NEED YOU!! We are ready to roll with handing out copies of scanned pages of the 1860 Macoupin County IL Census to volunteer typists. To begin this project, we need at least 10 typists. If you have found the earliest Macoupin birth index, 1830, 1840, 1850 censuses, Civil War Rosters, Honor Burials, or any other data on the Macoupin County ILGenWeb site beneficial then I ask that you help us get the 1860 Macoupin County Census online. Mr Littleton Bradley has graciously given snail mail written permission to use his transcription and publication of the 1860 Macoupin Census, a very dedicated accomplishment. This is a huge census and will be a great free resource for online researchers. Debi Faris has typed well over 3000 entries already. Larry Clark is scanning the rest of the pages. I am receiving, setting up, and, in the past, argued with English teachers why I don't think periods are needed for abbrev/initials.<g> Debi, Larry, and I cannot do it by ourselves unless we intend for it to be done in some lengthy period of time. We have too many other irons in the fire but are willing to do our part as volunteers. So, in order to get it done in some kind of timely fashion, we certainly could use your help. ----------- GETTING STARTED REQUESTING SCANNED COPIES: Send an email message to Larry Clark <leclark@digizen.net> requesting scanned copies. HOW TO READ SCANNED COPIES AS ATTACHMENTS: Copies will in be .jpg (jpeg) extensions/format and can be file-opened and printed from: Internet Explorer Browser Netscape Any Picture Publisher program Any Imager program WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND INSTRUCTIONS: Send a sample of your typing, and ask before you get too far with a mistake, to: Gloria Frazier <glofra@townsqr.com> -------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMA TYPISTS - TYPING TO BE PUT *ON* AN EMAIL MESSAGE OR SENT AS A TEXT FILE ATTACHMENT TYPING IN COMMAS: 17 columns, 16 commas Use a hard carriage return, the ENTER key, at the end of each row. COMMA TYPISTS MAY TYPE WITHOUT A SPACE AFTER EACH COMMA LIKE THIS: x,D42,299,12,8,24,ALLEN,x,10,F,W,x,x,x,IL,A061, x,B118,864,8,6,6,ALLEN,Amos,5,M,W,x,x,x,IL,A066, A58,A205,1415,12,7,25,ALLEN,Andrew,42,M,W,**2,x,45,IL,A058, x,B170,1230,8,8,21,ALLEN,Ann,16,F,W,x,x,x,IL,W192, x,D42,298,12,8,24,ALLEN,Benj.,15,M,W,x,x,x,IL,A068, A59,B271,1960,7,6,22T,ALLEN,C. P.,41,M,W,x,1200,150,OH,A059, x,A18,119,10,8,4,ALLEN,Charles,22,M,W,**8,x,x,#2,K044, x,B271,1960,7,6,22T,ALLEN,Charles,2,M,W,x,x,x,IL,A059, x,A205,1415,12,7,25,ALLEN,Cynthia A.,14,F,W,x,x,x,KY,A058, A60,B226,1627,7,8,3,ALLEN,Danl. W.,47,M,W,**2,3300,50,NJ,A060, x,A188,1305,12,7,23,ALLEN,David H.,8,M,W,x,x,x,IL,A062, x,B46,360,10,7,4,ALLEN,Delia,55,F,W,x,x,x,VA,A064, OR AS BELOW WITH A SPACE AFTER EACH COMMA (EITHER WAY) x, D42, 299, 12, 8, 24, ALLEN, x, 10, F, W, x, x, x, IL, A061, x, B118, 864, 8, 6, 6, ALLEN, Amos, 5, M, W, x, x, x, IL, A066, A58, A205, 1415, 12, 7, 25, ALLEN, Andrew, 42, M, W, **2, x, 45, IL, A058, x, B170, 1230, 8, 8, 21, ALLEN, Ann, 16, F, W, x, x, x, IL, W192, x, D42, 298, 12, 8, 24, ALLEN, Benj., 15, M, W, x, x, x, IL, A068, A59, B271, 1960, 7, 6, 22T, ALLEN, C. P., 41, M, W, x, 1200, 150, OH, A059, x, A18, 119, 10, 8, 4, ALLEN, Charles, 22, M, W, **8, x, x, #2, K044, x, B271, 1960, 7, 6, 22T, ALLEN, Charles, 2, M, W, x, x, x, IL, A059, x, A205, 1415, 12, 7, 25, ALLEN, Cynthia A., 14, F, W, x, x, x, KY, A058, A60, B226, 1627, 7, 8, 3, ALLEN, Danl. W., 47, M, W, **2, 3300, 50, NJ, A060, x, A188, 1305, 12, 7, 23, ALLEN, David H., 8, M, W, x, x, x, IL, A062, x, B46, 360, 10, 7, 4, ALLEN, Delia, 55, F, W, x, x, x, VA, A064, ------------ INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPREADSHEET TYPISTS SPREADSHEET TYPISTS - REQUEST A SAMPLE SPREADSHEET FROM: Gloria Frazier <glofra@townsqr.com> I have the sample in Excel 7.0. Let me know if you need it in another format. I left the headers on the sample spreadsheet, but I don't need the headers in your returned typing. 17 columns **DO NOT DO ANY SORTING I can convert files up to: Excel 7.0 Lotus WK4 Quattro Pro WQ1 CSV DBF4 --------------------- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL TYPISTS 1.For Blank entries - enter a lower case "x" without the quotes 2. Occupation column - use the asterisk * to follow these examples: If the occupation column shows one digit, say 3, enter as **3 If the occupation column shows two digits, say 27, enter as *27 If the occupation column shows three digits, say 132, enter 132 (no change). If two occupations are listed for one person, use the asterisks accordingly, for example two occupations **3,132 another example for two occupations 132,*27 3. Birthplace column - use the number sign # to follow these examples: If the birthplace column shows one digit, say 6, enter as #6 If the birthplace column shows two digits, say 44, enter as 44 (no change). 4. Periods. DO USE periods after initials and abbreviations as used on the copies. (Math teachers arguing with English teachers about the unusefullness/disusefullness/usefullnessed/nonusefullness of periods has been a lost cause in the past.) PROOFREADING: Please proofread one time. Pages will be proofread again ONE TIME. Two proofreadings will get "really close" to exact. KEEP A COPY OF YOUR TYPING ON AN OLD DISKETTE Just in case I lose it. RETURNING TYPED FILES: Return the typed files to Gloria Frazier <glofra@townsqr.com> ALL TYPISTS, please enter the EXACT file name in the subject line of your email msg. Say, you received e023, enter e023 in the subject line. Makes it much much easier for me to spot files. COMMA TYPISTS can send ON an email or as a TEXT/.txt extension attachment. This is a huge task so thanks to anyone who can help with the typing of the 1860 Macoupin County IL Census. Gloria Frazier