My family in the 1940 census is listed as Goldford, even though the name is clearly printed by the enumerator as Goldfarb. I couldn't understand how two different indexers could make the same obvious error. Helen's comment explained it. In the 1930 census the wrong name of Goldford was also used. Two wrongs don't make a right. Indexers of the 1940 census should have written down what they saw and not concerned themselves with what was in the 1930 census. Any of us that have reviewed census records know that enumerators make spelling errors and their writing is not always clear. When you see something clearly written, use that info, irregardless of what someone thought they saw when indexing a previous census. S. L. Levee On Aug 4, 2012, at 12:00 AM, roots-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Dddarwin@aol.com> > To: <ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:02 AM > Subject: [ROOTS-L] ANCESTRY - 1940 CENSUS > > > -- > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:02:15 -0400 > From: Helen P <leaf.raker2@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] ANCESTRY - 1940 CENSUS > To: ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CANkxRF5O8zsU70ptGCWdy_X_hB0wUqVtbR_VpzDt+4r6CGLU9g@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I did indexing of the 1940 for familysearch and many times I used the 1930 > census to check for spelling of names and used google for area names. > Helen. > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Helen P <leaf.raker2@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Too quickly... I have found many errors in transcription that are very >> obvious if time is taken to look over the writing. Not only names but also >> town and street names, when a quick check with google maps could clear up >> the spelling. >> Helen >> >> >> >>