Ouch!!! Thanks for the heads up. John Speight Lilburn, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <RMonroe237@aol.com> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:51 AM Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] Broderbund Census Information > Hey Gang, > > We all need to inform our fellow researchers of Broderbund's census > information. > > 1) At GenealogyLibrary.com, the 1810 census information they present > transposes the male and female columns. By that I mean, the first five > numbers they show are for females, the second five numbers are for male. > This is contrary to the actual census reports that list the males in the > first five columns and the females in the second five columns. > > 2) I just learned today that Broderbund's CD312, Census Index for Selected > US Counties, 1800, also has the male and female columns transposed. > > As a result of these findings, I would consider any Broderbund products that > list census reports from 1800 to 1840 to be suspect at best. > > Please pass this information on to your fellow researchers. I sent an e-mail > to Broderbund when I found the errors in the 1810 index, I received no > response. This does not make their information useless, you simply have to > reverse the columns. > > Rick Monroe > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > > >