[or-roots] 1940 census

[Walter Davies]

Beth it was common for people to use their middle name in the 40s my mother and her sisters and her mother all went by their middle name switching it with their first name. Most of her documents use Ramona R her name was Rose Ramona. You might ask older members of your family to check this out.
Walt Davies 


Winnie with love

On May 9, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Sue Steward <ssteward at ccountry.net> wrote:

> 
> 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> wrote:
>>  
>> 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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