Has been some time since I had this and wonder now how I can get the census online. Sibyl On Sun, 01 Dec 2002 07:32:58 -0600 Melissa McCoy-Bell <mccoybel@bellsouth.net> writes: > The 1900 Census Records of Tippah County are up for your searching > pleasure! The book we worked from was transcribed in the late 70's > by > the Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society. Tommy > Covington, > at the Ripley Library gave us permission to put the book online > since it > is out of print. > > We had this remarkable system, Fred and I, to get them done. I > made > copies of the legal sized pages and shrank them to 80%, I scanned > them > into the computer and uploaded them to the rootsweb server. Fred > downloaded them converted them to text aligned the columns and > uploaded > them again! I downloaded them, split them into each letter and > pasted > them into html documents and uploaded them again! Whew! Anyway, > there > are some problems with a couple of pages. On one page, and I forget > at > the moment which one, the top of the page was in the binding of the > book. Short of taking the book apart I couldn't get the info. I > will > try to get by the Ripley Library to see if their copy is okay and > get > the information at that time. So on that entry the head of > household, > and the wife is missing. I looked over all the pages and most are > fine, > if you see something that doesn't look right pop me an email and I > will > correct it from the copy. Sometimes when you convert images to text > the > computer will read an n for an m, or a 5 for a 6, and so on. I > probably > didn't find all these errors. > > Ya'll enjoy, and make sure you thank Fred Cox. If he hadn't been so > > ready to help I would not have put them online. > > Melissa McCoy-Bell > Tippah County, Benton County and Union County CC > MSGenWeb ASC > > > > ==== MSTIPPAH Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to update your virus scan software! > >