In a message dated 02/2/7 7:21:30 PM, Renogen@peoplepc.com writes: << they would be on the index for the State. >> Phyl, Thanks... If the index lists the sequence of townships it would be very helpful. I've found some mistakes in indexes (both online and at FHC), where I have searched and searched but not found someone in the indicated location. In the case of searching online, the person and location is identified, but the records are bundled together in a group of "unknown townships" ranging from a handful of images to over 400, so that makes for a very long search, if the image number isn't known, and in most cases even those are off by a few digits. I've used various methods to cut the time down--skipping ahead to estimated image number to find next township, etc. Still a long process. The microfilm scrolling at the FHC is long too, though much faster (in my experience). Then, there's another application for wanting to know the sequence of township order: I have some ancestors who moved around to neighbors or in-laws, etc. and may not yet know in whose home they resided at that time, but know that they are there, just not indexed or the head of household. I'm searching through the LDS research guide now. Let me know if that index indicates township sequence, and I'll be so very grateful! Smile Di

Hi - The index does not give townships in order, but I just finished listing Parkers in Ohio in 1850 - county by county - I may have mentioned this before. It was very time consuming because I have no idea of the family I am looking for. So, one by one, I put them in the county, and then the number after their name lists the page they appear on (in most cases). Those numbers then have a township after them. Am I repeating myself? However, it is difficult to find a certain surname family in a particular county by itself. Of course the township would then appear ......And, yes indexes are a pain, but I have found that the ones in book form (which we don't have at our FHC) are more complete than the index that Ancestry has.....Good luck, Phyl in Reno ----- Original Message ----- From: <KinDetective@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Phyl: Q - Grant Co. 1850 Fed Census > > In a message dated 02/2/7 7:21:30 PM, Renogen@peoplepc.com writes: > > << they would be on the index for the State. >> > > > Phyl, Thanks... > If the index lists the sequence of townships it would be very helpful. > I've found some mistakes in indexes (both online and at FHC), where I have > searched and searched but not found someone in the indicated location. > In the case of searching online, the person and location is identified, but > the records are bundled together in a group of "unknown townships" ranging > from a handful of images to over 400, so that makes for a very long search, > if the image number isn't known, and in most cases even those are off by a > few digits. I've used various methods to cut the time down--skipping ahead > to estimated image number to find next township, etc. Still a long process. > The microfilm scrolling at the FHC is long too, though much faster (in my > experience). > > Then, there's another application for wanting to know the sequence of > township order: > I have some ancestors who moved around to neighbors or in-laws, etc. and may > not yet know in whose home they resided at that time, but know that they are > there, just not indexed or the head of household. > > I'm searching through the LDS research guide now. > Let me know if that index indicates township sequence, and I'll be so very > grateful! > Smile > Di > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >