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From: "skippyg" <>
Subject: Re: [OHCEN] 1830-1835/Pickaway Valentine KEEFER
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:01:37 -0400
References: <9c.14f2607f.2902f130@aol.com>


A slight clarification. Although the 1920 Soundex may not be connected to
Ancestry as yet, there is a 1920 Ohio Soundex as well as microfilm to match
addresses with Enumeration Districts for medium to large cities,

Neal aka "Skippy

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Sent: 20 October, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [OHCEN] 1830-1835/Pickaway Valentine KEEFER


> Please don't be discouraged if your census request is not answered
promptly.
> As I said in my previous e-mail, sometimes it may be missed, or people
have
> looked and didn't find anything. Also, if the census isn't indexed,
it's
> a long process to find someone if you don't know an enumeration district,
> address, ward no. or whatever to go by.
>
> I do my searching at ancestry.com and for example, if you ask for John
Doe
> in the 1920 census, which isn't indexed yet, the searcher would simply
have
> to start from page 1 and go thru all the enumeration districts. There
might
> be 300 districts or more, depending on the city/location, and each
district
> can have anywhere from 15 pages to 50 pages of images in each district.
You
> can see what a time consuming process this is! I have literally spent 3
or 4
> hours at one sitting searching for one person.
> I've been told that some of the earlier censuses are not indexed either,
so
> it is a slow process.
> Even entering your ancestors name into an index database can come up with
> nothing. So many names have been misspelled when they were transcribed
that
> all it takes is for an "a" to look like an "e" or visa versa, a "w" can
> look like an "m" or "n", and an open "g" can look like a "y". These are
> just a few examples. I can't believe how some of my own family surnames
> have been respelled.
>
> Best Regards,
> Marilyn in Ohio
>
>
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