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From: "Sandra" <>
Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Census project
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:23:35 -0600


Bill,
I know what you mean about the handwriting. There are instructions about
that at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/help/
You can take as long as you need. It's a big job.
Sandra
-----Original Message-----
From: <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Census project


>We may be interested in transcribing a census. But some concerns we have
are
>after reviewing many census records over the last few years, we find that
in
>some cases the handwriting is atrocious in some of them, and in other
cases,
>the writing is so faint, it is impossible to read. Also, what would the
time
>frame be for completing each census? We have been doing extensive research
>in Allen County on the Giant Family in the Fort Wayne area for several
years
>and have been to the Allen County Library many times. We live in the
>Detroit, Michigan Area.
>
>Bill Brandenburg
>

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