[or-roots] 1940 census

[Sue Steward]

Chris,   my suggestion to look at the image would let you know if  it 
was the census enumerator who made the mistakes rather than the indexers 
or arbitrator.  You could also see who they talked to in getting the info.

When I looked on Ancestry.com  there was a Ralph William Perry who was 
in the 1930 census in Hood River area, is that your ancestor?

Sue

On 5/9/2012 7:07 PM, Chris Havnar wrote:
>
> What does the image show?
>
> There is a familysearch.org arbitrator on this list but as only an 
> indexer, I know that 2 separate different people independently indexed 
> a page of the census.
>
> When the two indexers are not in agreement, the results are sent to 
> Arbitration, where the arbitrator makes the decision as to which 
> version of the indexing will be published.
>
> I have read that soon Familysearch will have the ability of the user 
> making a "correction".  I am assuming that this will be somewhat 
> similar to that employed by ancestry.
>
> *From:*or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of 
> *Beth Perry Johnston
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 09, 2012 4:48 PM
> *To:* or-roots mail list
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] 1940 census
>
> Thanks. Using FamilySearch worked for me. Interesting though, is that 
> when I checked my family all the birth years were off by one year and 
> the given/middle names were switched, e.g., my grandfather was Ralph 
> William Perry but the web site showed William Ralph Perry.
>
> Beth
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Chris Havnar <chris.havnar at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chris.havnar at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> www.familysearch.org <http://www.familysearch.org>
>
> In the upper right corner is a 1940 logo'ish thing with writing 
> underneath.
>
> Clicking on the logo will bring up a map, click on the red, white and 
> blue map.
>
> It will divide into state.
>
> Click on Oregon and you should be good to go.
>
> No password needed
>
>

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