In 2 cases in the last week, I have NOT found people in the Ancestry census index for Oregon but DID find them at Heritage Quest without a problem. The last was the 1920 census for Linn Co. Have others had this problem? Just a warning to others. Check both. Clyde Senger

Hi, I have found this to be true for all over the US and not just OR. The people who transcribed the censuses were not the same people for Ancestry.com as they were for Heritage Quest. I have found that some names were not spelled the same in one index by one transcriber as they were in another index by some other transcriber. The missing people in the index you are referring to are more then likely in the other index but not spelled the right, or same way. I suppose it is possible that some were indeed just plain missed by someone who was in a hurry or something transcribing the census? Nathan --- Clyde M Senger <[email protected]> wrote: > > In 2 cases in the last week, I have NOT found people > in the Ancestry > census index for Oregon but DID find them at > Heritage Quest without a > problem. The last was the 1920 census for Linn Co. > > Have others had this problem? > Just a warning to others. Check both. > Clyde Senger > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the > single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Try again in a few months. You might be surprised. I have been. Ancestry does not tell us when they have completed downloading all pages in any particular state or county in any particular census year. I suppose that partial indexes are better than waiting until the entire state has been completed. I do wish they would somehow warn us. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Haines Sr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [GFO] census index at Ancestry and Heritage > Hi, > I have found this to be true for all over the US > and not just OR. The people who transcribed the > censuses were not the same people for Ancestry.com as > they were for Heritage Quest. I have found that some > names were not spelled the same in one index by one > transcriber as they were in another index by some > other transcriber. The missing people in the index you > are referring to are more then likely in the other > index but not spelled the right, or same way. I > suppose it is possible that some were indeed just > plain missed by someone who was in a hurry or > something transcribing the census? > Nathan > > > --- Clyde M Senger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> In 2 cases in the last week, I have NOT found people >> in the Ancestry >> census index for Oregon but DID find them at >> Heritage Quest without a >> problem. The last was the 1920 census for Linn Co. >> >> Have others had this problem? >> Just a warning to others. Check both. >> Clyde Senger >> >> >> ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe, send a message to >> [email protected] that >> contains (in the body of the message) only the >> single word: unsubscribe >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about >> your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the >> last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

>In 2 cases in the last week, I have NOT found people in the Ancestry >census index for Oregon but DID find them at Heritage Quest without a >problem. The last was the 1920 census for Linn Co. >Have others had this problem? >Just a warning to others. Check both. >Clyde Senger Yes Clyde this is normal, every index is a bit different as is every search engine. Also you will find the Heritage Quest web site a whole heck of a lot easier to read and use. I believe the buz word here is user friendly. Best of all is Heritage Quest is affordable to all of us in the Portland metro area with library cards in Washington Co. and Hood River which are free for the Multnomah Co library and I think Clackamas can get them also for free. It is a multi county cooperative agreement that was reach some time back. A wonderful service to all researchers. Good luck and happy hunting. Janice M. Healy Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. Mailto:[email protected] "Oregon Burial Site Guide" http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html Plan ahead for the following conferences: NGS Conference 1-4 June 2005, Nashville Tennessee FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html