I just found out the previous message did not go through. Here it is again. Liesa From: Gary Minder <sdkhaki@hotmail.com> To: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 27, 2001 5:43 PM Subject: [NS-L] Census Spreadsheet Available >2 weeks ago I finished a project to create a spreadsheet to organize all of >my U.S. federal census data accumulated over the years. I posted notices on >several lists to offer a free copy to anyone who wanted one. The response >was incredible! > >To date I have e-mailed over 800 copies. The load was so heavy that I put >up a website to allow anyone to download a copy. In 6 days the site has >over 13,000 hits. > >I knew I was tired of having my census data on paper, scattered and >disorganized, but I had no idea so many others were in the same situation. > >Yesterday I finished a Canadian version which is ready for download. It >covers the 1851-1901 censuses. > >The U.S. and Canadian spreadsheets were created in Microsoft Excel and to >use it you will need a spreadsheet program at least as recent. > >If you come around my spreadsheet website at >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~minder/ you can see some screen shots of the >spreadsheet, read a Frequently Asked Questions page, get information on what >specific spreadsheet programs work and which don't...and download a copy. > >Gary Minder