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

[Eugene Barnes]

My wife has a census where the taker was found drunk in a ditch,
and finished by a volunteer.  Also once in a while you will find a street
name or road indicated.  But the information was only as good as that
given.  We had one woman who kept changing her place birth and that
of her parents with each later census.  Turned out her father was married
4 times, in 4 states, and she was the baby sitter or all the half sibllings.
There are so many descendants of her father they are still out there.

Gene Barnes , former webfoot.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Chapman 
  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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