Not a bad idea! -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B. Williams Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:56 AM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Greene I have an idea. Since we know the census takers are human as we are, try looking for a man named Grimsley Adams. You never can tell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Ligon" <mich9118@bellsouth.net> To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:56 PM Subject: [NCWATAUG] Greene > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of looking for just about all Adams in the U.S. on > the 1900 census. Trying to find Adam Grimsley. I found one 1870 > record for his father Nelson under the last name Gimoley instead of > Grimsley! So, I sent a correction to Ancestry. This 1870 census was > taken in Oxford, Johnson Co., Kansas. By 1880, Nelson had his > daughter "Delia" or Cordelia and her family with him in Austin, Cass Co., Missouri. > > I just wanted to mention that Adam GREENE of Beaver Dam, Watauga, NC, > is transcribed for the 1900 census on Ancestry.com as Adam Grune! > Everyone in the family is listed under the wrong surname. I sent a > correction, but I wanted to let everyone know in case you're looking for them on Ancestry. > > This sort of thing happens a lot, which is why I'm looking simply for > all Adams b. 1849 in NC, at this point. You just never know how their > names will be transcribed! > > Kind regards, > Michelle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com 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 NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I sometimes just use the first name of the person (or someone in the family with an odd name) and the township they lived in to do research since transcribers of the census records sometimes get the surnames wrong. I have even looked at the census records for every person living in a township and waded through until I found who I was looking for. Good luck! Sherry -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michelle Ligon Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:01 AM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Greene Not a bad idea! -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B. Williams Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:56 AM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Greene I have an idea. Since we know the census takers are human as we are, try looking for a man named Grimsley Adams. You never can tell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Ligon" <mich9118@bellsouth.net> To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:56 PM Subject: [NCWATAUG] Greene > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of looking for just about all Adams in the U.S. on > the 1900 census. Trying to find Adam Grimsley. I found one 1870 > record for his father Nelson under the last name Gimoley instead of > Grimsley! So, I sent a correction to Ancestry. This 1870 census was > taken in Oxford, Johnson Co., Kansas. By 1880, Nelson had his > daughter "Delia" or Cordelia and her family with him in Austin, Cass Co., Missouri. > > I just wanted to mention that Adam GREENE of Beaver Dam, Watauga, NC, > is transcribed for the 1900 census on Ancestry.com as Adam Grune! > Everyone in the family is listed under the wrong surname. I sent a > correction, but I wanted to let everyone know in case you're looking for them on Ancestry. > > This sort of thing happens a lot, which is why I'm looking simply for > all Adams b. 1849 in NC, at this point. You just never know how their > names will be transcribed! > > Kind regards, > Michelle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com 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 NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com 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 NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've done that before too, Sherry! That's doable on the 1850, when the population wasn't so huge. And, I find that not all names have been transcribed on Ancestry.com, so it's worth doing when you have someone illusive. I understand that the hired transcribers are people for whom English is not necessarily the first language, so their take on some names is different. -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark & Sherry Reeter Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:19 AM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Greene I sometimes just use the first name of the person (or someone in the family with an odd name) and the township they lived in to do research since transcribers of the census records sometimes get the surnames wrong. I have even looked at the census records for every person living in a township and waded through until I found who I was looking for. Good luck! Sherry -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michelle Ligon Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:01 AM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Greene Not a bad idea! -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B. Williams Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:56 AM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Greene I have an idea. Since we know the census takers are human as we are, try looking for a man named Grimsley Adams. You never can tell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Ligon" <mich9118@bellsouth.net> To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:56 PM Subject: [NCWATAUG] Greene > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of looking for just about all Adams in the U.S. on > the 1900 census. Trying to find Adam Grimsley. I found one 1870 > record for his father Nelson under the last name Gimoley instead of > Grimsley! So, I sent a correction to Ancestry. This 1870 census was > taken in Oxford, Johnson Co., Kansas. By 1880, Nelson had his > daughter "Delia" or Cordelia and her family with him in Austin, Cass > Co., Missouri. > > I just wanted to mention that Adam GREENE of Beaver Dam, Watauga, NC, > is transcribed for the 1900 census on Ancestry.com as Adam Grune! > Everyone in the family is listed under the wrong surname. I sent a > correction, but I wanted to let everyone know in case you're looking > for them on Ancestry. > > This sort of thing happens a lot, which is why I'm looking simply for > all Adams b. 1849 in NC, at this point. You just never know how their > names will be transcribed! > > Kind regards, > Michelle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com 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 NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com 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 NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com 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 NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message