[or-roots] Census copied and copied and . . . .

[Barbara Wulf]

Do not know.  Wasco County Oregon 1880 is still around.  Trying to remember
where I found it.  The archives maybe.  Know I did not find it at the court
house, because I have not done research in the Wasco County courthouse.

Barb
wulf at bendcable.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: [or-roots] Census copied and copied and . . . .


> Wow;
>
> Ya larn sumpin new every day. I had no idea. And all this time I been bad
> mouthing poor Mr. Reed for not knowing how to spell Milan!
>
> So if a county still had this information it would be at the courthouse??
>
> Thanks Barb.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Wulf
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 5:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Ornery Ancestors
>
> One other thing to think about with census records.  The image we see is
the
> third rendition [and the guy who wrote it was hired for his handwriting].
>
> The census taker, [he had a horse], wrote the information onto the forms.
> His copy went to the county.  The county copied over the census and sent
> that to the state.  The state copied over the census and sent it to the
> feds.  The microfilm copy we see is the feds copy.
>
> SOMETIMES the original still exists with the county.
>
> Barb
> wulf at bendcable.com
> http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm
>
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