Dear Pat Thank you thank you thank you. Hopefully this will end my search. Now just what do I click on? I opened the site below and clicked on 1880 census, typed in name and it told me it wasn't yet available. Did I do something wrong or was I too early? Holding my breath in suspense. Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia What's your story? Wordweavers Weaving your memories Weaving your stories http://www.wordweavers.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 1:40 AM Subject: [NYRENSSE] 1880 census on line > I am happy to announce that we now have 794 Troy 1880 census records on > line at the Rensselaer County site of GenExchange (see below for url). > This is all because of the wonderful volunteer work of Eve Grogan, Lynn > Grice, Denise Hernandez and Matt Bloomfield. They and others who are > still working on their transcribing have meticulously transcribed > difficult writing so we can get this census on line. It is important > because this census is not indexed and anyone who ever looked at an > unindexed microfilm know it takes forever just to cover one ward. > > These volunteers and those doing the 1870 census have been working hard > and are still working hard to get the information on line. If anyone > else would like to help, let me know. I have both censuses on cd for > Troy and can send you a sheet for you to transcribe. > > A hint for searching on the site: Try an number of ways of spelling > your surname. The writing is hard to decipher at times plus the > enumerators spelled the the name all different ways. My own can be > found as: O'Connor, O'Connors, Connors, Conners, Connor, Conner, Conor, > Coner, etc. etc. etc. > > Happy hunting and let us know if you find an ancestor. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > GenExchange Rensselaer County and Westchester County Coordinator > http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer > http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=westchester >