I think it's great that you are transcribing the census records for Wise County. Do you plan on doing this with the 1900 and 1910 census records? These contain a little more information than the other census records do and the genealogy sites that have them available for viewing, do not have them indexed. The only way to find ANYONE is to spend days/weeks/months waiting for them to download and then reading through page after page. I certainly hope you plan on transcribing those records. Thanks for doing a great job! Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Tackel" <drycreek@wf.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 7:23 AM Subject: [TXWISE-L] Wise County Census Extracts > LaDarla and I have a new project (a big one). We are trying to > transcribe the 1930 Wise County Census. I did Decatur Township, and she did > the Boonsville area. Then she ran into trouble doing Bridgeport Township. > The handwriting was real hard to read, so I did 1920 Bridgeport Township > (which was also hard to read). After we finished both, we sorted them by > last name and compared the families. We checked all the names against each > other and also checked the cemetery records. There's still LOTS OF ERRORS, > especially with the Hispanic names that we're not very familiar with. > There's an alphabetical index by last and first names for the 1920 and > 1930 completed enumeration districts, and then tables of all the data. > Several pages are on the web with the home page (Wise County Census > Extracts) = http://www.wf.net/~drycreek/index.htm > It's interesting to look at the occupations. 1930 Decatur had lots of > college teachers at the Baptist College, and Bridgeport had lots of coal > miners who lived in mining camp #1 and #2. There were lots of people from > Syria and other countries in Bridgeport in 1920 and 1930. > Check these pages out (we hope to add more soon) and let us know about > errors you find in the families. When we finish the project, we'll print > these tables and indexes out for the libraries, museum, etc. > Sue > >

Louis We already have the 1900 and 1910 census transcribed at the Wise County Heritage Museum. They are in alphabetical order with page number listed, therefore, no problem to look them up on the microfilm., also have the 1920 transcribed. Rosalie Gregg Executive Director wisemusem@ntws.net From: LOUIS MOSIER <loumosal@compuwise.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Wise County Census Extracts > I think it's great that you are transcribing the census records for Wise > County. Do you plan on doing this with the 1900 and 1910 census records? > These contain a little more information than the other census records do and > the genealogy sites that have them available for viewing, do not have them > indexed. The only way to find ANYONE is to spend days/weeks/months waiting > for them to download and then reading through page after page. I certainly > hope you plan on transcribing those records. > Thanks for doing a great job! > Louis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue Tackel" <drycreek@wf.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 7:23 AM > Subject: [TXWISE-L] Wise County Census Extracts > > > > LaDarla and I have a new project (a big one). We are trying to > > transcribe the 1930 Wise County Census. I did Decatur Township, and she > did > > the Boonsville area. Then she ran into trouble doing Bridgeport Township. > > The handwriting was real hard to read, so I did 1920 Bridgeport Township > > (which was also hard to read). After we finished both, we sorted them by > > last name and compared the families. We checked all the names against each > > other and also checked the cemetery records. There's still LOTS OF ERRORS, > > especially with the Hispanic names that we're not very familiar with. > > There's an alphabetical index by last and first names for the 1920 and > > 1930 completed enumeration districts, and then tables of all the data. > > Several pages are on the web with the home page (Wise County Census > > Extracts) = http://www.wf.net/~drycreek/index.htm > > It's interesting to look at the occupations. 1930 Decatur had lots of > > college teachers at the Baptist College, and Bridgeport had lots of coal > > miners who lived in mining camp #1 and #2. There were lots of people from > > Syria and other countries in Bridgeport in 1920 and 1930. > > Check these pages out (we hope to add more soon) and let us know about > > errors you find in the families. When we finish the project, we'll print > > these tables and indexes out for the libraries, museum, etc. > > Sue > > > > >