[or-roots] common mistakes indexing 1940 census

[Chris Havnar]

David,

Weekend transcriber here - Question Ireland

Erie Ireland, Free Ireland - were either of those entries correct - or will
I be hearing from my arbitrator ?

I have been making massive use of Wikipedia to correct spellings and
verifying counties - but a question - if the census listed a city and a
state - and I know the county - should I have filed in that item?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of W David
Samuelsen
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:23 PM
To: Or-Roots
Subject: [or-roots] common mistakes indexing 1940 census

1. Column 3 for Household visitation (do not use Column 2) 2. Race is
spelled out, no abbreviations (White, Black, Japanese, etc) 3. fail to use
Zoom plus button to verify spellings 4. R means just that.
5. Do not enter "Ab", it means absent from household 6. Do not forget middle
initials. I see plenty left out.
7. Canada, when it says Canada Eng, it means Canada Eng. Do not enter
England.  If it says Canada-English, it means that.

David Samuelsen
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