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From: Jane Ailes <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Census Errors
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:29:12 -0400
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That's right, the only data in the heading of each page is the census
taker's name. However, it does not appear that anything was cut off, the
pages were printed this way. They are all exactly the same.

At 04:56 PM 07-04-06, Connie Bradbury wrote:
>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

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