Thanks, Bill, for the email. I haven't had a chance to check out the 1940 census yet.
I think this listserv still serves a good purpose! Especially since probably not everyone
is on Facebook. Thanks again for all of your hard work!!
Betsy
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Thompson <billthompson76(a)gmail.com>
To: campbell-pa-nelson <campbell-pa-nelson(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 11:19 am
Subject: [Ca-Pa-Ne] 1940 Census
It's been awhile since anyone has posted to this list. Our Facebook
roup may have siphoned off many your comments. That venue seems to be
opular for nostalgia about childhood memories.
Perhaps this mail list still has a role for those with a more serious
nterest in family history and genealogy --- perhaps it no longer has a
ole. But I thought I'd post some comments on the 1940 census.
As some of you probably have been doing, I've been looking at the1940
ensus images on
ancestry.com.
I had eagerly been looking forward to the release of the 1940 census,
ut was disappointed.
So far, I've only processed the Tioga Co., PA censuses for Nelson,
armington, Osceola and Lawrence Townships, Lawrenceville, and 9 of
lkland Boro's 64 pages.
My first disappointment was that much of the Nelson and Osceola Twp.
mages were illegible. Mostly from fading, but in some cases, blurry images.
And I was disappointed to learn --- altho I probably should have
ealized it --- that it will be months, or perhaps years, before it's
ll indexed and searchable.
I have found a few descendants I hadn't know existed. Fewer than I
xpected. That's due to all the help many of you have given by providing
nformation. Congratulations to you on a job well done!
It has provided lots of missing birth states, some unknown middle
nitials, a few missing 1st names of spouses, and quite a few missing ages.
Beware all of you born between 1930 and 1940, Your Secret is Out! But
he good news for those of you who would rather the world not know your
ge, RootsWeb's privacy filters only allow your birth surname and your
ex to be published in our tree.
BTW, our tree now contains 14,709 individuals and 6, 395 marriages (or
ouplings). I upload the tree several times per month. As always, you
an view and search it at
ttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=capane&I11.x=32&...
If you haven't already done so, you may want to "bookmark" that URL for
asily getting to it in the future. Visit it if you have questions about
eceased Campbell-Hazlett-Lugg-Blackwell descendants.
If you have questions on the living, or on associated families that may
e in my Owlett tree or Miscellaneous tree, you can e-mail me.
The tree, and our web site,
ttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~capane/ each have
inks to the other so you only need to bookmark one of them. I add new
ages to the web site each week.
And the web site has a link to face Facebook Group's page. And info on
ur July 28th reunion.
See you there.
------------------------------
o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
CAMPBELL-PA-NELSON-request(a)rootsweb.com
ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of
he message