But are these census transcriptions going on the Ancestry subscription pages. If I spend my time transcribing, I want to be sure it is available free of charge to everyone, not just the Ancestry subscribers. Billie Jones -----Original Message----- From: Derrell Oakley Teat <derrell.teat@verizon.net> To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: RE: [SC] CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY >Hello All, >As a one of the few who are willing to transcribe the census on line and one >who has been searching a long time everything Tina said is correct. >I have helped and done 2 by myself. >So please volunteer your time and help us, if everyone only took a page to >type...Just think of how quick we could finish. >Thank you Tina! Very well said! > >Derrell Oakley Teat >List Mom >Lawless,Springfield,& Hudgens > >Original Message----- >From: Tina Hall [mailto:res00waz@gte.net] >Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 2:29 PM >To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [SC] CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY > > >I am not a "poor volunteer trying to complete a whole county". I have >actually completed 3 myself, and assisted with the proofreading of one that >nobody wanted to touch. I also have 4 more I am going to complete. I do not >consider myself a "poor volunteer". I am learning from the experience, and >enjoying it, too! > >There are not enough good volunteers available. Good intentions do not give >us results. We won't see the entire census online until those who can do it, >volunteer and actually do the work. > >Not everybody will "place their few relatives" on the censuses, so that >leaves huge gaps that hurt the whole. It is important to know who lived >nearby, because they probably married into your lines in the future, so even >though you think that it is only important to get the data on your own >lines, you may be missing more than you know because of it. Those neighbors >were involved in the lives of your relatives. They witnessed marriages, >deaths, wills, deeds, births, helped to build fences, barns, etc., posted >bonds and securities for marriages and probates, etc. They are just as >important as those you know to be your own relatives for sure. Remember, >their childrens spouses came from somewhere! Probably from the neighbors! > >Tina Hall > >-----Original Message----- >From: EUZELIA@aol.com [mailto:EUZELIA@aol.com] >Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 8:34 AM >To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SC] CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY > > >In a message dated 2/25/01 9:05:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, >Davis1624@aol.com writes: > > >> I am quite willing to put my few ancestors on the census lists and >I >> believe that many census would be completed in short order compared to >> those >> poor "volunteers that are trying to complete whole counties. >> If everyone who has a computer only contribute a little, we could >> accomplish a lot ! >> >> L&S, >> >> Robert Davis >> 13117A NW 8th Ave. >> Vancouver, WA 98685 >> >> > >AMEN ! ! ! ! > > >==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== >[SCRoots] http://www.egroups.com/group/SCRoots/ >SUBSCRIBE: SCRoots-subscribe@egroups.com > >============================== >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life >If you know how to reduce these risks. >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > >==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== >[SCRoots-Lite] http://www.egroups.com/group/SCRoots-Lite/ >SUBSCRIBE: SCRoots-Lite-subscribe@egroups.com > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

The transcriptions are posted to rootsweb. They will always be free. Ancestry has their own transcribers that they pay a wage to. We are doing a service to our fellow researchers and they are posted to Rootsweb and will remain free of charge. As the transcriber, you own the copyright to that transcription. You are giving Rootsweb the permission to forever post it for free access to all. I have a copy of my transcription posted to my web site. I wanted to annotate it with relatives and data to help other researchers to not only find their dead relatives, but to make contact with living ones as well. There is a link to it on the Wilkinson county, MS GenWeb pages (1850 records). If you had to pay for access to these records, my transcriptions would all be posted to my web site only. happy hunting, Tina Hall -----Original Message----- From: Lee and Billie Jones [mailto:tjones@camden.net] Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 7:23 PM To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SC] CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY But are these census transcriptions going on the Ancestry subscription pages. If I spend my time transcribing, I want to be sure it is available free of charge to everyone, not just the Ancestry subscribers. Billie Jones

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html This is the link I use to get to the census transcriptions. So far it's free. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_img.htm This link takes you to the census images that have been donated. So far, also free Lee and Billie Jones wrote: > But are these census transcriptions going on the Ancestry subscription > pages. If I spend my time transcribing, I want to be sure it is available > free of charge to everyone, not just the Ancestry subscribers. > > Billie Jones

Dear SC, Ancestry.com has what is called a Partnership program. Since they don't pay everyone to transcribe the documents online, you can transcribe and submit to this Partnership program. And they will post it and have it in free access in their databases. As I understand it, you get something out of the deal too. (I think the draw back to this though is that you need to have a full document rather than partial transcriptions of pages.) Often times there databases are sketchy at best. But this would be a good way to spread the knowledge far and wide. Particularly when Rootsweb needs maintenance, and the only thing available is Ancestry, or other websites... Why not submit to more than one spot?? I transcribe what I have, post to the list associated with the county and state, GenWeb, Also post to GenWeb and occasionally if the document is surname heavy (meaning that it has a great deal of one surname) I post to the surname lists. Also find the appropriate GenForum/FamilyHistory message boards. Wendy Lee and Billie Jones wrote: > But are these census transcriptions going on the Ancestry subscription > pages. If I spend my time transcribing, I want to be sure it is available > free of charge to everyone, not just the Ancestry subscribers. > > Billie Jones