There are two handwriting specialists I was told some years back in Texas and the one who was hired for the deciphering of a will from these people used an infrared lamp to decipher the names and letters. I don't know who she is but it might be a good idea. 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 > >