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From: Tim Stowell <>
Subject: [BOARD-L] Msg # 12 - [Census-Discuss] Followup
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 03:03:12 -0400

>From: "Connie Burkett"
>To: "Tim Stowell
> "Maggie Stewart
> "Ron Eason
> "John C. Jacoby
>Subject: [Census-Discuss] Followup
>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:34:46 -0400
>
>Hello all,
>
>John: Where the files are currently uploaded is the crux of this
>committee. The Census Project File Managers upload all census files into
>the subdirectory structure, ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/CENSUS/ST/COUNTY/YEAR/
>
>In some cases the County webpages link to the files in the above
>"pub/census" structure, and in other cases, someone copies the census files
>to ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/USGENWEB/ST/COUNTY/CENSUS/YEAR/ (therefore we do
>have a duplication of those copied files and add to the amount of server
>space required for storing the duplicated files).
>
>Originally the census files were uploaded to the pub/usgenweb structure.
>Some of the problems involved were after the census files where uploaded by
>the Census Project File Manager, the files would be renamed and/or moved to
>another location within the same structure by the State File Managers. In a
>few cases, the information inside the census files was changed. When the
>amount of problems involved got to the point that Kay felt it was
>uncontrollable, Kay had the files moved to the current pub/census structure,
>(during the 4th quarter of 1998).
>
>And there was always the feeling that when the census files were uploaded by
>the Census Project File Manager, they were invading the territory of the
>State File Managers. Even Maggie attested to that in one of her emails to
>this committee when she stated that she does not upload into the counties,
>she forwards the formatted files to the State File Manager, and that person
>uploads to the state/county area. Before the census files were moved (by
>Kay) to their current location, forwarding the census files to the State
>File Managers was tried and it simply did not work.
>
>Sometime during the 2nd quarter of this year, after some head-clashing
>between Kay and Linda Lewis, another Census Project was started (named the
>USGW "Archives" Census Project). So now we have two separate Census
>Projects each with their own State Assignment Coordinators assigning census
>transcribers.
>
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>As it stands now, we have the census files located in a subdirectory
>structure where they are not included in the "Archive" search engine, (with
>most of those files being duplicated in the "archives" subdirectory
>structure), and we have two separate Census Projects with both assigning
>census transcriptions to volunteers.
>
>Is there an easy solution? Or any solution for that matter?
>
>Can the search engines be made to include the pub/census structure by
>starting the search at the pub/ level?
>Or can the census files remain where they are and somehow be made to appear
>that they are within the pub/usgenweb structure?
>
>Connie
>
>
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