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From: Linda Russell Lewis <>
Subject: [BOARD-L] Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Census Project Stats
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:22:15 -0800


Nice looking graphics, and shows a lot of progress. After we started the
census project in Feb. 1997, and the word spread, volunteers were quick
to want to help.

Joy Fisher completed the first transcription - all five people in that
county. <g> Indiana counties were the next ones to go online, I believe.
Kevin Fraley had some volunteers to complete transcriptions early on,
too.

Kay volunteered to transcribe the "beta county", 1850 Coos County NH.
The project started out concentrating on 1850, with the goal of
completing that year first, but Ken Hollingsworth was asked by many
volunteers if they could work on other years, so we said, "go for it!"

The rest is history.

Linda

Kay Mason wrote:
>
> I took some time this week, and did some stats on the growth of
> the USGW Census Project.
>
> We started in February 1997, and there were 26 of us.. and I was
> the first transcriber and now we have over 1400 transcribers... This
> is how we have grown since then!
>
> Number Counties Assigned Each Year
>
> 1997 226
> 1998 1710
> 1999 606 (as of 3/10/99)
>
> Total number of Counties assigned = 2525
>
> By Year
> 1790 = 21
> 1800 = 30
> 1810 = 60
> 1820 = 92
> 1830 = 135
> 1840 = 183
> 1850 = 854
> 1860 = 301
> 1870 = 205
> 1880 = 167
> 1890 = 39 (Union Veterans and Widows)
> 1900 = 190
> 1910 = 108
> 1920 = 140
>
> If you are interested, I've put some charts up at:
>
> http://www.usgenweb.org/census/info/censusvol.html
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kay Mason
> USGenWeb Census Project
> http://www.usgenweb.org/census/
> http://www.usgenweb.com/census
> http://www.usgenweb.net/census/
> Montgomery County Mississippi
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmontgo/
> Rock County Nebraska
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~neroc

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