Shirley; I'm in no position to do any of this, as much as I would like to but may I ask: if a person looks up census on microfilm and makes copies in the library of it can that person simply email(if they had a scanner that wasn't broken-ahem) the copies of the pages to a site at Rootsweb? Let each person decide for themselves or ask over the Internet what some name looks like that they can't decipher? frances ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley" <swarren2@prodigy.net> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: [SC] more thoughts about transcribing census > This is from one of the leaders at the USGenWeb Census Project at > http://www.us-census.org/info/ > > "working with a "team of volunteers" is a great way of > > getting a particular census transcribed. The team members can even > > proofread each others work. Learning to decipher a particular > enumerator's > > handwriting is a hard part of transcribing, and the team can help each > > other.> > > We have been encouraging the State Coordinators to try to get more teams > of > > volunteers. " > > US GenWeb has a program called CART which you can download or you can use > Excel to enter the information. > > I don't know if this is still in effect, but S-K Publications, Wichita, KS > (http://www.skpub.com/genie/census2.html was providing a free copy to US > GenWeb census transcriber volunteers. > > As with most volunteer work you get more than you give. No one can > appreciate the work that goes into transcribing until one has done so. It > will help one learn to decipher old handwriting. It will help one > understand why there are so many mistakes on people's names. It will give a > whole new perspective on how much work has been done and how much needs to > be done to make census information readily available on the internet. > > Also, another way to get more census info online is at Kindred Konnections. > Volunteer to do a census page and you will received a one hour free search > at K-K. > > If you are a subscriber to Family Tree Maker's Books online there are many > census images there. > > I have no connection to US GenWeb Census Project, S-K Publications or > Kindred Konnections. > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Query Board > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCROOTS > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Yes. The Census is taken by the Federal Government. You are allowed to make as many copies as you are willing to feed the copy machine at the National Archives where the microfilm copies of the Census are open to all to look at and copy. You do not have to be concerned with copyright. The copies at the libraries are copies of the the original Censuses. There is also a microfilm copy of the original Census in the State Archives. When the Census were first microfilmed, a copy was kept in Washington, DC at the National Archives and a copy was sent to the State. There are copies at most libraries of local Censuses. Sometimes, the local copies are better than those in Washington--they haven't been looked at by so many people, so many times. LCM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Wimberly" <fmcw@ktc.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 26, 2001 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [SC] more thoughts about transcribing census > Shirley; I'm in no position to do any of this, as much as I would like to > but may I ask: if a person looks up census on microfilm and makes copies in > the library of it can that person simply email(if they had a scanner that