Hi Kerry and Gene Are you two working together on this? I got a reply from both of you. I would like to do this if it is not a hurried project and I can do it when I can. (I work during the day). Pat -----Original Message----- From: Kerry Butler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 31, 1999 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] CENSUS >PAT - > >Transcribing a census means reading information on cursive-written pages >that were microfilmed. > >The information is organized by census districts, meaning counties and >regions and towns within the counties. > >The data include at least a head of household's name, the names of other >residents and their ages. The other information for each person can be: for >an older census, a couple more items, like where they were born, where their >parents were born, etc; for a more recent census, many more items, adding up >to over two dozen. You can get an idea of what is included, and therefore >the scope of the work, for each census, by looking at a blank census form >for the year you are interested in. These forms are available online at >family history or genealogy library web sites I believe, or perhaps it was >Cindy's web site - not sure. As an example, in a 1910 census of Kosciusko >Cnty, there are 32 columns of data for each person, with perhaps 3/4 of them >filled out. Each page has 47 rows (people listed). There are approximately >(I'm guessing from my viewing of the census) a couple hundred of these >pages - perhaps less. The older census are less populated, of course. > >All of this data is written in oldy handwriting, some very well done, some >lousy. Some microfilms were photographed well, some not so well. Some >original census pages were fine when microfilmed, some were smudged, or >stained, or written in light ink, etc, etc. > >It is fun, regardless. > >Kerry Butler >[email protected] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Pat <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:18 PM >Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] CENSUS > > >>What is involved in transcribing a census? I'd like to help but I work >>full-time so I'd like to find out how involved this is. >> > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or >[email protected] if you receive the digest) >> >> >> >> >> > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > >