> 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 The big explanation here is how well the transcriber can read the handwriting of years ago, how good the film is etc. Heritage Quest did something special with the film to increase its readability when they scanned it and put it onto CD and the folks used the CD's I was told rather than the old bad films. 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