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USGenWeb Census Project
15 September, 2004, Census Additions/Updates,
Week Ending September 15, 2004
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/nu/index.htm
Please visit the USGenWeb Census Project at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/ if you are
interested in transcribing any county of any federal
census records. A copy of all transcriptions done
for this project are submitted to the appropriate
state File Manager for inclusion in the USGenWeb
Archives.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Join The USGenWeb Census
Project in its first major initiative of 2004.
With YOUR help, we hope to have ALL of the 1850
Alabama free schedules online. Sign up for a
few pages or an entire district. For those who
are really gusty, we have entire counties waiting
for you!
Sign up online at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states/alabama/al1850.htm
or contact Earnie Breeding at firefighter635(a)ev1.net.
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To submit a transcription Please visit
http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/info/comp.htm
for complete instructions.
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For any questions regarding your submission progress
please contact Janyce King at
qcmgr_us(a)ev1.net
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For corrections to census records please contact
Maggie Stewart at corr-cp(a)ev1.net
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NOTE ABOUT TRANSCRIPTION PROCESSING:
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The complete backlog of files has been reduced to less
than 20 now. We are trying to work new submissions
along with the older ones. Please feel free to contact
Janyce King at qcmgr_us(a)ev1.net to find out
the status of your submission. Thanks again for your
patience. Our year to date uploads are 177. Thanks
to everyone involved for your time and dedication.
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at census(a)ev1.net - If you are a transcriber
please include the year/state/county you
are transcribing so I get the information to
the proper State Census Coordinator. Thanks!
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Hello All,
There won't be a list of updates this week as many of
our project members and subscribers are hopefully in a
safe, secure place as Hurrican Ivan heads toward landfall.
The following poem came across my desktop recently and I
thought I'd send it along.
Type at you all next week,
Warm Regards,
Maggie
The Census Taker
It was the first day of the census, and all through the land
The pollster was ready.. A black book in his hand.
He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride
His book and some quills were tucked close by his side.
A long winding ride down a road barely there
Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting through the air.
The woman was tired, with lines on her face,
And wisps of brown hair she tucked back in place.
She gave him some water as they sat at the table,
And she answered his questions as best she was able.
He asked of her children...yes, she had quite a few;
The oldest was twenty, the youngest not two.
She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red.
His sister, she whispered, was napping in bed.
She noted each person who lived there with pride,
As she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside.
He noted the sex, the color, the age...
The marks from the quill soon filled up the page.
At the number of children, she nodded her head,
And he saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead.
The places of birth she "never forgot."
Was it Kansas, or Utah? Or Oregon.. Or not?
They came from Lithuania, of that she was clear,
But she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here.
They spoke of employment, of schooling and such.
They could read some, and write some, though really not much.
When the questions were answered, his job there was done,
So he mounted his horse and he rode towards the sun.
We can almost imagine his voice loud and clear,
"May god bless you all for another ten years!"
Now picture a time warp, it's now you and me
As we search for the people on our family tree.
We squint at the census and scroll down so slow,
As we search for that entry from long, long ago.
Could we only imagine on that long ago day
That the entries they made would affect us this way?
If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel
And the searching that makes them so increasingly real.
We can hear, if we listen, the words they impart
Through their blood in our veins and their voice in our heart.
Author unknown.
Regards,
Maggie Stewart
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Coordinator, USGenWeb Census Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/