[or-roots] 1880 census online

[Chris Havnar]

Les,

I try all the attempts at my last name that the junkmailers use when I look
at any census index.

But usually, when I actually see the census image, I can understand why the
transcriber saw it the way they did.

I've done some transcribing a year or so ago, it was difficult - the old
inks, pens, paper and fading, and then the microfilming of the
deteriotating work.  But it was easier that I knew certain surnames were
there.  

If you know LARRISON is in the area, you may be less likely to see LAWSON 

Chris

At 11:38 AM 12/6/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>I am sure I have mentioned this before but you can search the 1880 Census
>online at;
>
>http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/searc
>h_census.asp"
>
>I would like to add to this information that the transcritions are sometimes
>a little shakey so if you are sure you have an ancestor in that census and
>can't find him/her try playing with the spelling, I have mentioned in the
>past my puzzlement over where the heck my family was when the Census taker
>came around.
>
>Well it turns out they were practically next door but something got lost in
>the translation, the one I was most interested in; my ggreat uncle Timothy
>Lockwood was two doors down from Alfred W. Reed the 1880 census taker for
>Gardiner Precinct which apparently covered everything west of Scottsburg as
>I see no way to tell who was in town and who is on the farm.
>
>The reason I couldn't find him in the online index is that the soundex
>version didn't consider Rockwood a match, likewise it didn't find Ive
>Morrose a match for Ivy Morris and Milen Milven didn't turn up for Milan
>Melvan.
>
>So if you ancestor doesn't turn up just use your imagination, or if you know
>someone else in that district you can use the next/previous houshold button
>to scan through the whole list.
>
>Les C
>