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From: <gjw452(a)fuse.net>
To: <randyklemme(a)verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:28 PM
Subject: Research via library access
It's been along time since I had any input so forgive me and
forward if
possible.
If you have a library card to a major library that participates in on line
research, many will have access to Heritage Quest. For those in the
Greater Cincinnati Area, the Cincinnati Public Library is such a place.
The Cincinnati Public Library is also one of only about 30 libraries in
the country that has every census from every state on microfilm.
One problem I have found with Heritage quest is that it is only done on
the head of household and finding the spelling that was interpreted by
Heritage Quest is a must. Many enumerators didn't spell correctly due to
differences in accent and obtaining information from neighbors. Can you
imagine a person with an irish/gaelic background getting information from
someone with a strong German or Russian accent. They may not have even
spoken English in many cases. This is the reason a soundex was created for
several census.
Enumerators were considered litterate, but they were temporary employees
of the Census Department and as such were not otherwise employed at the
time. I found an ancestor Rolfsen by searching page after page of the
census in the area I knew they lived. It was recorded as Balsen.
Greg Williams
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