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) > > > > >