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From: "Connie Bradbury" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Census Errors
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:56:38 -0800
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Jane:

I wish I could remember which census year and the locality but I am guessing
it was VA or WV where the top of the census was not visible so I had a
similar problem as you. I couldn't tell the page, the ED, etc.

In all fairness, I believe I've seen that same thing on the census
microfilms.

Connie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Ailes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: RE: [APG] Census Errors


>A huge problem I've run into with Ancestry's census records is that the
>entire 1840 Hardy Co., Virginia enumeration has been indexed as Harrison
>Co., Virginia. Even when you pull up the image of the pages, unless you
>are familiar with Hardy Co. and recognize the name of the enumerator for
>the page, there is now way of knowing that you are actually looking at a
>Hardy Co. page.
>
> Jane Ailes
>
> At 03:21 PM 07-04-06, Kevin L. Sholder wrote:
>>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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