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From: "Kevin L. Sholder" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Census Errors
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:21:55 -0400
In-Reply-To: <000601c65a75$8c672040$16a1fea9@connieb>


Connie / All,

I find this most interesting because over the last few weeks I have been
getting my census information together for the 1920 census and have found
that Heritage Quest has "duplicate" page references that overlap the 7th
Ward of Williamsport and Old Lycoming Township both in Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania. I've been unable to make time to get to the library to
validate what Ancestry shows. But I can tell you that starting with:

1920 Census, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; Series T625, Roll 1599, Pages 97
through 107 are duplicated in their reference as both 7th Ward Williamsport
and Old Lycoming Township, very strange. Has anyone else seen something
like this in other areas?

Kevin Sholder

-----Original Message-----
From: Connie Bradbury [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 03:01 PM
To:
Subject: [APG] Census Errors

Although I've encountered the same type of problem before, this one was a
little more perplexing and time-consuming to overcome so I am posting it
here as a warning but also to find out if there was another way I could have
located my ancestor in a more efficient manner.

I searched the index at Ancestry.com for Oliver A. Lattin in 1910 in Indiana
or Ohio. The entry in the index gave:

"Oliver A. Latten - Madison Twp., Jay, IN - b. abt 1850 Indiana - White -
Male" I chose to view the image.

The information bar at the top showed I would be viewing 1910 US Federal
Census>Indiana>Jay>Madison Twp>District 67.

The schedule, which was page 84a which was image 2, was Indiana, Jay Co.,
Madison Twp. but Oliver was not to be found. Since this was p. 84a I also
searched 84b. He was not found. Neither was he on the first image, which
was Sheet No. 8b.

Then I noticed that Image 1 was District 67 and Image 2 was District 68!

I went back to the index and chose to "View Record" for Oliver. The Image
Source gives this: Year: 1910; Census Place: Madison Twp, Jay, Indiana;
Series: T624; Roll: 358; Page: 81b not 84; Enumeration District: 67 not 68;
Part 2; Line: 20.

Then, I clicked on Madison Twp so I could see what precincts and districts
were listed:

District 66 - Knox Township
District 67 - Madison Township (part) including Salamonia
Town, Salamonia precinct;
District 68 - Madison Township (part of) excluding
Salamonia town. Salem Precinct

Since the "View Record" said ED 67 that is where I went. That took me back
to the Image 1 mentioned above with a sheet no. 8b, and Image 2 is 84a,
District 68.

l then selected District 68 which consisted of one sheet, Noble Township,
sheet 2b.

Knox Township was the only place left to search. Image 1 is Jay Co.,
Madison Twp., Salamonia Precinct, ED 67 Sheet 3b. Image 2 is paage 79a.
I'M GETTING CLOSER! I skipped to page 81b. Now keep in mind that the a and
b pages' line numbers are numbered consecutively. If he is supposed to be
on line 20 he will not be found on page 81b!

However, that is exactly where I find him, but Line 59 not line 20.

Also, there is nothing pertaining to Knox Precinct at this link.

I was conducting another search last week and never did find the individual!

I hope everyone in the paths of the storms stay safe and dry. When I watch
the weather reports I start thinking that maybe dealing with 40 below for a
few days or week a year isn't all that bad because we get very little wind
and rarely a destructive storm. We just FREEZE!

Connie


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