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From: "Connie Bradbury" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Census Errors
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:01:32 -0800
References: <200604072052.k37Kq4Wo027637@mail.rootsweb.com>


Paul:

It just take a lot of time!! Last week I know I spent the better part of
one day trying to run down this one family and never did find them. I tried
everything! I was helping a patron at the FHC and I couldn't believe I
couldn't find them. The staff at the FHC is always kidding me and telling
patrons to ask me because I can find anyone any place, any time (not true)!!
But, I can usually find people in censuses.

Connie

They showed up in the index but I just couldn't find them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul K. Graham" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 12:52 PM
Subject: RE: [APG] Census Errors


>
> In DeKalb County, Georgia, "Brownings District (GMD 572)" was placed
> entirely under "Cross Keys District (GMD 686)" in the LDS 1880
> transcription, so that if someone was in Browning's District in 1880, they
> show up as supposedly being in Cross Keys District. Browning's District is
> ED 55 and Cross Keys and Shallowford Districts (together) are ED 46. You
> will not find any mention of Browning's District in the LDS transcription
> database. Also, for some strange reason, pages 1-11 of ED 46 are keyed
> under
> "Shallowford and Cross Keys" and pages 12-33 are keyed under "Cross Keys."
>
> Since Ancestry used the 1880 LDS data, Browning's District still is not
> shown as a "township" in DeKalb County and the summary page for searches
> shows Cross Keys District. However, with the images available, you can
> clearly see what district you are on once you get to the image. Also, if
> you
> click on the Cross Keys District link in DeKalb County, you see ED links
> for
> both Cross Keys/Shallowford and for Browning's District, which is a good
> thing.
>
> I also have my suspicions that there are other mixups in the early Georgia
> censuses (1820, 1830, 1840) but have not finished investigating them
> fully.
> However, I have not found anything quite as bad as a whole county being
> incorrectly keyed.
>
> Paul K. Graham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Ailes [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 2:45 PM
> To:
> 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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