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From: Henry F. Brownlee< >
Subject: Re: Census Indexes
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 03:13:57 GMT


On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 21:43:06 -0800, Singhals <> wrote:

>*ANY* index is better than *no* index; any typed index is even
>better.
>
>I'd sooner check 1 "right spelling" and 11 "close but no cigars"
>in an index than plod through a whole county only to discover
>that my guys aren't there under any recognizable variant.
>
>*EVEN* if the index is wrong, you can usually "guess" that an r
>and an n could be swapped, or that a F might really be a double s
>or the w in the index could be an m or an h. And since the index
>is neatly alphabetized ... (g)
>
>Cheryl

All very true! But in my case, my names were simply not in the index under
any conceivable variation! <g> At least none that I could detect before
wearing out the library's only copy of a certain one. And I have found some
listed with different names (and genders!)

Henry F. Brownlee
Everyone keeps telling me I had ancestors;
I wish I could find out exactly who they were!

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