Hi all! Nassau County here (finally back up if you missed us!) I have
about half of the 1895 state census done for Nassau. I used Excel to input,
then imported it into Access so that I could use .asp files on the web.
Users can lookup ancestors either by last name or by census page (so they
can see neighbors and other names in the household). see it at
www.dangly.com/nassaucounty/ under Databases, then 1895 census.
Lori Bragg
Nassau County, FL USGenWeb
-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Burnsed [mailto:cburnsed@geocities.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 3:01 PM
To: FLGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: State Census records
Darrel,
I personally haven't ever used the CART program. At one time I had heard
that there were some problems with it, but I don't know if they've been
corrected. I believe that it's what they are using over at the USGenWeb
Census Project, and if so, it seems to be working for them. Only problem
is, I think they only have templates available for certain years (but 1850
and 1860 *are* covered, I think). We would have to come up with something
different for our state censuses.
I'm pretty sure that Jim Powell used Excel for the 1935 Gilchrist state
census - if we asked him nicely, he may let us use his template. :)
(Jim...?) For those who have worked on the 1885 or 1945 state censuses,
how did you enter your information?
Deborah wondered if others are using a spreadsheet for entering the
information. In converting files to text format for the Archives, I use
Excel over and over again. I find it very useful for maintaining column
width and alignment. If anyone has questions about using Excel for
entering data, I can try to help.
If anyone else (either a CC or other volunteer) is working on Florida state
or federal census transcriptions or indexes, please post to the list the
year(s) and county(ies) you are doing. I'll try to keep a running tab on
who's doing what so your hard work isn't duplicated by someone else!
One more thing...according to a post on another list I'm on, Florida's
state censuses were done in the following years:
1790, 1825, 1837, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915,
1925, 1935, 1945, 1955
But the only surviving *statewide* schedules that I know of are 1885, 1935,
and 1945. I believe there are single counties of many of the other years,
but don't know what they are or where to find them. Anyone know any
different?
Cathy
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