Diane: I am so sorry, I was not saying you had made ANY mistakes, I just was pointing out to anyone looking for LANIER to be sure to look at the various spellings on the census. I apologize if you thought I was saying you had made the mistakes, no way!!! Do not know what we would do without you on the Duplin site so that we can research all the info that you have downloaded. Thanks for all you have done. Suzanne -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Suzanne, > > I copied the transcriptions exactly as they appear on the census records. > Yes, you have to be creative with the spellings, because the census takers > didn't ask how to spell names, as many couldn't read and write back then. > There are a lot of misspellings on all of the census years, and I feel I > wouldn't be doing them justice if I corrected the spellings. I wanted to > make them as true and as accurate as the census taker wrote them down. You > will also notice in later years when they started putting race in that some > people are listed as colored when in fact they were white, or Indian when > they were Asian, Hispanic, or mulatto if they didn't know what race they > were. The census takers were just trying to get through the families as > quickly as possible to get them finished. There are countless errors and if > I corrected all the ones I find, then when someone goes to the original > record to pull the family up they won't be able to find them as they will > think the corrected versions are taken directly from the census record > itself. Therefore creating more problems. That is why I put on the page that > any errors or omissions are on the part of the census takers, and not my own > mistakes. > > I hope this explanation helps... > > Diane > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > -------Original Message------- > > From: [email protected] > Date: 11/16/2006 9:03:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! > > Diane: > Thanks very much for all your good work!! > On the 1790 Census: > James, John & Benjamin LINEAR and Jesse LENEAR should be LANIER. > If you use the CTRL F, you will not get any of them if you use LANIER. > Looking forward to seeing the rest of the census work. > Suzanne Lamb > > -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" : > -------------- > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I > > > hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search > > engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm > > > > The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is > > interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not > > > have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. > > > > Hope to hear from you on transcribing! > > > > Diane > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Suzanne, No problem! I understand about you pointing it out, and I just wanted to make sure that others understood the reasoning behind the errors that they will find on the census records. I have sent people info from the census records before and when they see the blind, deaf and dumb entries on there they practically go ballistic thinking that someone (usually me) have made a mistake as they know their family member wasn't any of these things. Then they think I have given them the wrong info. I found my Grandfather and his family listed as colored and mulatto and I know for a fact he wasn't, BUT that is because of the hurriedness of the census taker, as well as them transposing the first drafts over to the records that we get today. A lot of newbies will think the errors are the person who posted the info until they get used to doing research. I know I did that at first too. : ) You have to be very creative when researching the older documents as there is no telling how you will find someone's name spelled. So, no worries, I didn't take it personally, was just trying to help others that may not know the difference! : ) I am glad to be able to help others with their Duplin research, as I have even found new info on some of my own families since taking over the site. So, in the end it is helping all of us! : ) So, keep sending the info in! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 11/16/2006 10:20:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] errors on census Diane: I am so sorry, I was not saying you had made ANY mistakes, I just was pointing out to anyone looking for LANIER to be sure to look at the various spellings on the census. I apologize if you thought I was saying you had made the mistakes, no way!!! Do not know what we would do without you on the Duplin site so that we can research all the info that you have downloaded. Thanks for all you have done. Suzanne -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Suzanne, > > I copied the transcriptions exactly as they appear on the census records. > Yes, you have to be creative with the spellings, because the census takers > didn't ask how to spell names, as many couldn't read and write back then. > There are a lot of misspellings on all of the census years, and I feel I > wouldn't be doing them justice if I corrected the spellings. I wanted to > make them as true and as accurate as the census taker wrote them down. You > will also notice in later years when they started putting race in that some > people are listed as colored when in fact they were white, or Indian when > they were Asian, Hispanic, or mulatto if they didn't know what race they > were. The census takers were just trying to get through the families as > quickly as possible to get them finished. There are countless errors and if > I corrected all the ones I find, then when someone goes to the original > record to pull the family up they won't be able to find them as they will > think the corrected versions are taken directly from the census record > itself. Therefore creating more problems. That is why I put on the page that > any errors or omissions are on the part of the census takers, and not my own > mistakes. > > I hope this explanation helps... > > Diane > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > -------Original Message------- > > From: [email protected] > Date: 11/16/2006 9:03:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! > > Diane: > Thanks very much for all your good work!! > On the 1790 Census: > James, John & Benjamin LINEAR and Jesse LENEAR should be LANIER. > If you use the CTRL F, you will not get any of them if you use LANIER. > Looking forward to seeing the rest of the census work. > Suzanne Lamb > > -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" : > -------------- > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I > > > hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search > > engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm > > > > The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is > > interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not > > > have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. > > > > Hope to hear from you on transcribing! > > > > Diane > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message