[or-roots] Re: Census Records, Marks family

[Barbara Wulf]

Kevin,

The 1880 Soundex is great if there is someone in the household under the age
of 10.  However, since the soundex was done for Social Security. [People
trying to prove they were old enough to draw benefits] it did NOT include
households that did not have anyone under 10.

I recommend using both.  The on line is a first choice only because it is
convenient and includes households that do not have children.  If the family
is not found this way then, most certainly, order in the soundex reel.

If you are ordering the soundex reel, it is best to have the computer figure
the soundex code for the name you want.  What with double letters, sound
alikes, and other rules, doing it by hand can get tricky.

Barb
wulf at bendcable.com
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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Re: Census Records, Marks family


> Barb,
>      You have missed my point here. My suggestion was absolutely NOT to
use
> the recently compiled online (familysearch.org) & CD index done by the LDS
> Church, the quality of this work varies very widely. In the case of
Montana and
> other very rural areas it is very poor, in other cases not too bad, but in
EVERY
> case it is inferior by a wide margin to the Soundex microfilms from the
> Census Bureau. Large numbers of people in the 1880 census cannot be found
using the
> LDS index, in the majority of cases these can be located using the much
more
> accurate microfilmed Federal index cards. Microfilm rolls of the Soundex
cards
> can be used at any branch of the National Archives, and can be ordered
into
> any Family History Center and many public and private libraries.
>      Online genealogy is a great thing, and fast and convenient for sure,
but
> sometimes we need quality that is simply not available online. In this
> particular case I did look for the family in the LDS index at
familysearch, and was
> not at all surprised that they did not appear to be indexed. Since they
almost
> certainly were enumerated in the census, it is time to use a more accurate
> search technique.
>
> Kevin Fraley
>
>
> In a message dated 12/26/2003 6:56:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> wulf at bendcable.com writes:
>
> << Noticed the suggestion to check the soundex for the 1880 Census to find
>  people on that record.
>
>  http://www.familysearch.org
>
>  The LDS site has the 1880 Census Index on line and unless you check the
>  'exact spelling' option will search by soundex.
>
>  Barb >>
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