United States Census - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

1850 messed up in NYC with combined records

JoMac53 — 29 Aug 2008 11:51:38 GMT

When are the 1850 census index records going to be fixed? I want to print the index records as well as the census images but there are people on it who don't belong with my family and are not even on the same page with them!

Has anyone else noticed this in NYC? I reported it months ago but nothing has changed.

How big is this problem? Maybe it's not getting fixed because it's too small of a problem -- to THEM -- or maybe not enough people are complaining! I've only found it in NYC. Has anyone else found it, or found it anywhere else?

Jo

1900 search engine is not working

fmdww — 3 Sep 2008 10:06:09 GMT

I am trying to narrow down a search by birth year, name, state, county and so on. Whenever I go into the 1900 census and use the search engine to narrow the categories down it will not work. It tells me there are no matches which is wrong. If I do the general search it shows people, when I do the search to narrow down the categories it does not work. I can take a person that it shows in the general search and use those same categories to narrow down people and then it tells me there are not matches. Something is wrong with the search engine for the 1900 census. It use to work, it no longer does. What happened?

Different names on same year census

DeborahYates72 — 16 Aug 2008 1:41:53 GMT

George Maxim dob 1886 is listed on the 1910 Census also as George Manne. Would someone explain how this could be? Thank you

1790 through 1900 Census Images are not loading

jhflann — 12 Aug 2008 6:22:49 GMT

OK, what's going on? When I try to look at any name on any US Census page in the 1790 through 1900 US Censuses I get either 1.) an error message, if I'm using the Enhanced Image Viewer, or 2.) a blank image with an X in the upper left corner, if I'm using the Basic Viewer. The same problem occurs with the US Census Mortality Schedule. The 1910 through 1930 Census Images load just fine. This seems to mean that the 1790-1900 Census Images themselves cannot be found by the Viewers.

I notice that the folks at Ancestry.com have been fussing with the Ancestry Weloome page again.

Halsey

1895 Minnesota STATE census lookup request

ljgenealogy — 3 Aug 2008 3:51:29 GMT

Could someone who has a subscription please look up Charles Whiting, born in 1874 in England, on the 1895 Minnesota state census and e-mail me the image, please.

Thanks very much.

LJ

Download Advanced Viewer FLASHING page

pure_celtic — 6 Aug 2005 6:58:59 GMT

I already have the advanced viewer installed but several times in the last week when I've tried to view a census image the admonition to download the New Enhanced Viewer flashes on the screen. And I do mean FLASHES... on and off! I have managed to catch the Download Now button to click it, and the viewer downloads and I'm told it was successfully installed, but then it goes right back to this same FLASHING page. If I catch the tiny the Continue without downloading the Enhanced Image Viewer and click it, I am able to access the census image, but it is too small to read. When I click the magnifying glass to enlarge it... guess what?... I'm back to that good old flashing page again! Am I the only one this is happening to?

1870 complete? Then where are these guys?

thepinkperil — 11 Feb 2004 6:00:29 GMT

I have searched in vain and can't find one family in the 1870 census. Maybe someone can help. I have searched locally and nationally.I have used every spelling, wildcards, using just first names and even just the ages.

I know they should be in Kansas. These people were in Doniphan County in 1860 and my ancestor was married in Douglas County in 1872.

So these are the people I am looking for;

Harrison Crites aged about 36 from PA.

Nancy Jane Crites or Granfield aged about 32 from IN.

Julia Ann Granfield or under Crites aged about 13 from KS.

Caroline Granfield or Crites aged about 12 from KS.

George Granfield or Crites aged about 11 from KS.

Hope someone has better luck than I have had. Thanks!!

Ever lose a family? 1900 Census Problem

jrboddie — 27 May 2008 2:16:13 GMT

I have been going nuts over this problem all afternoon. A few days ago I located a target family in the 1900 Census and jotted down the details:

Tallapoosa County Alabama, Goldbranch District, Precinct 1
J T Duett (head b. 8/1857) - 42
M A (wife) - 39
Maggy F (daughter) - 10
Tillie R (daughter) - 6
Herman J (son) - 3

Unfortunately, I didn't save the record in my shoebox or write down the household number.

Today, I can no longer find the census record. I have tried all of the search strategies that I can think of and have looked at all of the pages of this district twice with no success.

Has this ever happened to you? Can someone give me a hand or advice on how to find this lost family?

Problems with 1900 Census

rshoemaker69 — 28 Apr 2008 7:21:35 GMT

For some odd reason, I cannot get my family to come up, no matter what I try. I want to save it to a family tree I created, but can't.

I can find the family manually (they are on two pages) but there is no button to save it to a family tree.

What can I do to correct this?

Pages Not Loading

dliz908 — 27 Apr 2008 3:02:18 GMT

For the last 3 days I have had to stop working because the Census Images (as well as WWI Draft Cards, Newspapers and anything else that uses Image Viewer) have stopped loading. I never know how many images I will get before it stops loading. Today it was 2. I have used Ancestry almost every day for several years and have never experienced this before. Does anyone know what is causing it and what I can do to fix it? I tried Ancestry Help (no help) and I emailed Ancestry Tech Support (no answer). I am SO VERY frustrated right now, can someone help!!

Narrowing Search

GeoSci1964 — 20 Apr 2008 8:53:40 GMT

Is there a way - here or elsewhere - to use EXACT for state, County and (perhaps) birthdate - but use soundex for name? I have a number of people - and I KNOW where they were - but the interpretation of the name has things messed up.

Also - I actually have the roll and image number of a census page - and cannot get to it (using search)? Is there a trick I do not know about?

Somewhere I saw a screen where you could click EXACT for each bit of information in an advanced search. Would that be great or what?

Thanks
Keith

Can't get Census or Newspaper clippings to open

ravened — 13 Apr 2008 8:38:20 GMT

Hi,

Is anyone else having problems getting any documents to open? My husband I both have been trying for the past couple of days on 2 different computers. I want proof and sources before adding things to our trees. We have opened and saved them before with no problem. Does this happen often on this site? We have only been on here for 2 wks. Also does anyone know if the programs you can buy that work with ancestry.com allow you to save all of your sources and documents easily? I'm afraid that we'll lose all of them in 2 and 1/2 months when our subscription ends on here.

Thanks,
Ravened

How to see entire household in a census record.

RWildebrandt — 8 Apr 2008 3:30:50 GMT

I'm having some trouble looking at Census Records.
Maybe I am dreaming this, but I seem to recall that in the past when I would did a search in the Census Records I could click on a record and see all the members in a household. And if I wanted I could then click on any member of that family and see the record from that person's perspective. Now it seems like when I click on a record I only get the individual that I am searching for.

A specific example: I'm searching the 1870 Census for Louis Huerner, born 1855, Residing in Gasconade County, Missouri.
I click View Record on the top entry returned.
All I can see is information about Louis himself.
I thought that in the past I would see all of the people in this household. The household head is John Schneider. I can see this information when I look at the actual image of the record. But I thought there was a way to get it formatted for me and printable.

Thanks for any help.

(First time poster, so hope I didn't make too many goofs!)

Allergy to letter "E" - census transcript 1870

flomuse — 11 Mar 2007 5:24:03 GMT

http://tinyurl.com/3x37xb

1870 Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, PA

dozens after dozens of names, full familes:

Bddleyond
Bddorf
Dtterey
Dttery
Fgeley
Fngbone
Fnstermacher
Hckerd
Hterick
Klvis
Kpenhaper
......

I am not good at German names - NO, I have not checked the pictures - and YES, I know these names cannot exist.

I think that in India, they have more pride in their work. Someone suggested the transcription are done by prisoners.
Makes more sense.
----------------------
I just found out it goes on in Upper Mahanoy [less]:

Brghouse
Fgely
Fnstermacher
......

Vital Research in Los Angeles, California

flinkertrageser — 6 Mar 2008 6:27:18 GMT

Hi everyone,

If anyone needs research done at the County Recorder's Office (Birth,Death,Marriage for Los Angeles County, California) I'd be happy to help. I've been doing family research & have found so many records & missing links that are not listed on ancestry.com, it's sad.

Ancestry has a limited amount of records for Los Angeles it seems.

Let me know & I'll be making trips this week & next March 2008.

Joanne Woods
woodsflinker@yahoo com

1920 Geographical Searches Improved

jdweintraub — 8 Feb 2008 4:14:37 GMT

I want to announce an expansion of the geographical search capabilities for the US Census at the Morse 1-Step website.

We presently have street indexes to Enumeration District (ED) numbers for large cities for the 1910, 1930, and even 1940 (opening 2012) censuses, and some location to ED information for the 1910 census for smaller communities. We also have incorporated the National Archives (NARA) 1930 database where all EDs are described (and searchable). Another tool we have are conversion tables from 1940 EDs to 1930 EDs (and more important, vice versa), 3,000 urban areas defined by their EDs in 1940 (and therefore 1930), and tables for the larger cities' 1930 ED numbers converted to 1920 ones.

Until this week, the only online method for finding easily 1920 EDs from location data was our conversion routines, but only for large urban areas. However, our ability to convert 1930 to 1920 ED numbers has now been augmented to include rural areas as well. Originally, I and some volunteers transcribed about 40,000 1930/1920 ED pairs for the large and medium cities (ending up with about 975 areas), and just this month, I completed transcribing the remaining 80,000 or so correlates for the smaller urban areas and rural communities (adding over 1,400 small urban area names to the database for 1930/1920). Steve Morse now has integrated the new database into the existing 1-Step utilities and expanded their capabilities. He has also combined some overlapping utilities on the 1-Step site in the census area. If you find errors in the data or problems with the search engines, let Steve or me know.

So now one should be able to, online and for free, find most ED numbers on the 1920 census by geographical means, whether the target address is in a city, town, or rural area. (We already have that capability for 1930 and 1940.)

To summarize: if you can't find a name on a name index for the 1920 census, but know the location that your target was living at in 1920, then it is now possible to do one (or all) of the following on the 1-Step Website: 1. Find your 1920 large city address on our 1930 ED finder, and convert the resultant 1930 ED # to a 1920 one; 2. Find your small community name on our 1930/1920 list of urban areas, and see the 1930 and 1920 ED numbers for that area; 3. Take a 1930 ED number and find out what it correlates with in 1920 (and vice versa); 4. Use the NARA database through the 1-Step site to find your target location in 1930, and use the links there to the 1920 (and 1940) conversion utilities.

The 1930 to 1920 table source information (NARA T1224) was not as good as the 1940 to 1930 material, so the coverage we have isn't 100%. Some areas show ranges of EDs while others lacked information entirely or the NARA film was illegible, but we think that most searches will be successful using the new tables and expanded utility features. See the revised "Overview" essay on the "US Census and Soundex (1790-1940)" folder for more information at: http://www.stevemorse.org/

Enjoy,

Joel Weintraub

1860 Census of Allen Frost

wardrop173 — 29 Jan 2008 5:56:25 GMT

Looking for some information on Allen Frost. He was born in 1838, in London,England. I have him on the 1870 Census in Bountiful, Davis, Utah. His 1900 Census in Navajo Co, Arizona says he imigrated to US in 1852. I am trying to find his 1860 US Census.

Thanks Jim

1860 Census of Allen Frost

wardrop173 — 29 Jan 2008 5:55:39 GMT

1910 Constable, Franklin, New York

TimWilson20 — 17 Jul 2007 7:55:07 GMT

Left side of those census images are extremely light making it next to impossible to make out any names. Why is that?

1840 Posey Co. Indiana

Jerry1426 — 13 Jul 2007 12:09:25 GMT

I found John Wetheril on the 1840 Posey Co. IN index but when I go to the image it gives me what looks like the second page. Where is the first page?

Rolls 347,348,349 St. Lawrence NY missing 1810

mhughes3491 — 9 Jul 2007 11:29:06 GMT

Roll 346 has begining of town of Canton after completion of town of Potsdam. Next Canton listings are on roll 350 which completes Canton & begins town of Russel. I reported problems in this area several years ago. I know that this census was intact on film at Seattle archives. I enlarged copy taken of my ancestor living Canton (town) in St Lawrence and the #s are not on my copy from Seattle. This was quite a large town in 1810s.

Could you please let me know if I am correct. My name I know is there is Benjamin Rose. I tried many of the names on my copy and none come up. My e-mail is donhughes@msn.com

Missing Image

kevinjashley — 15 Jun 2007 1:25:24 GMT

The following entry shows up in search results with a long list of the persons in the Templar's Home for Orphans, but the image does not appear.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: T9_83; Family History Film: 1254083; Page: 361.2000; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 0445.

Instead the image before this page is displayed and after hitting Next the image for the page after this page is displayed.

Could someone check and see if this error can be corrected? Thanks.

Gary Gibb, where are the answers to people's questions?

storknurse — 4 Dec 2006 12:09:47 GMT

Gary Gibb, you represent Ancestry.com/MyFamily.com to the people on this board. As the official spokesperson for the company, there is expectation that you will answer questions in a timely manner. You are also Board Administrator for this board and as such are expected to monitor this board's activity. What I am seeing is non-staff trying to help each other when they do not have the answers, but you have the answers and are not answering. If you are on vacation, a simple message telling us the dates when we will not see prompt answers would be appreciated. If you are not on vacation, prompt answers are expected by the posters.

Since Ancestry.com does not allow subscribers to contact them by email for answers to individual questions nor to report problems with online subscriptions resources, this board is our only source of help. Up until now, Ancestry.com was our only online source for census images. With Genealogy.com now bringing census images online it would be wise for Ancestry.com to become more responsive to paying customers rather than lose them.

Sharyn Hay

Missing Images Geneva NY Ward 2 1910 Census

bbelvin189 — 19 Apr 2007 3:39:26 GMT

Appears that at least one enumeration district is either not indexed or missing entirely from the Ancestrylibrary.com database. Cannot find census indexing or images for Geneva NY Castle St above Pulteney (Ward Two) either using 1910 Census New York Ontario County or searching Toole or neighbors Klopfer.

Ancestry's Platte Co MO is actually Polk Co MO

ALVAREZ202 — 14 Apr 2007 12:10:29 GMT

Hope this saves someone a lot of grief:
ALL of Ancestry's census images of 1840 PLATTE Co. Missouri, Division 1, are actually of POLK Co. Missouri.

I'd report it to Ancestry but they don't care and won't fix it. Ancestry has had images of 1840 Greene County Missouri as Gasconade Co. for over 4 years, despite numerous letters from me asking them to correct it.

I haven't checked to see if Ancestry's 1840 POLK Co, MO images are actually PLATTE Co. but it wouldn't surprise me.

Don't believe any Ancestry census images until you confirm with an outside source

Unable to access 1890 Veteran's Schedule

LoisCampbell33 — 12 Mar 2007 7:00:10 GMT

Though indexed, I'm unable to open the image for Peter Williams and Peter J. Williams, State of Pennsylvania, County of Lawrence, City of New Castle. This is most frustrating. Is this a temporary problem?

PA Township names in Census indexing - Ancestry style

flomuse — 13 Mar 2007 10:11:38 GMT

These are only 2 examples among many - and it makes searching real "fun".

Northumberland County - townships [according to Ancestry]:

Mahonoy 1800
Mahanoy 1810
Little Mahanoy 1820-1830
Little Mahony 1840
Little Mahoney 1850
---------------
Lower Mahanoy 1820-1850 ALL are OK ?!?!
---------------
Upper Mahanoy 1840
Upper Mahoney 1850

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Northumberland County

Moghentongo 1800
Mohantango 1810
---------------
Schuylkill County

Lower Mahantango 1820
Lower Mohantongo 1830
Lower Mahantango 1840
Lower Mahantongo 1850
---------------
Upper Mahantango 1820
Upper Mahantongo 1830
Upper Mahantango 1840
Upper Mahantongo 1850

There is no excuse for this sloppiness. The name of township is quite often very clear on image. [Little "Mahony" in 1840]

Even in cases where census takers made a mistake - IMO, township names should be indexed right.

it is Mahanoy: NOT Mahonoy - Mahony - Mahoney

it is Mahantango: NOT Moghentongo - Mohantango - Mohantongo

where is EAST - Berks County PA 1820 census ?

flomuse — 13 Mar 2007 10:09:05 GMT

Ancestry lists a township called "EAST" in BC in 1820.

The 5 images say "East District"

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7734&i...

is that Reading ? or ... ?

thanks.

1850 new haven census

wani20 — 12 Feb 2007 6:05:49 GMT

can someone look up the 1850 new haven census for me? Iam looking for a phoebe hine born 1764 in ct. living in new haven her husband jonah hine died in 1805 so she would be living with relatives. thank you.

Problem with 1920 Texas Census

ecronin — 23 Mar 2007 4:36:12 GMT

I don't know if anyone from ancestry watches these boards or not but I have reported this twice using the contact us deal with no response or results.
The links on the 1920 census are messed up. When you go to the Hopkins Co., Texas census you get the images for Howard Co., Texas. When you go to Howard Co., Texas you get the images for Hopkins Co., Texas. But.. not all of them. I haven't figured out where the rest of Hopkins co is yet.
It is a blooming mess.
How is the best way to report this so that it gets looked at.
Thanks so much.
Emma

1880 Schuylkill County PA - "Joseph Wieldsatch" Township !!?!!?

flomuse — 12 Mar 2007 10:27:17 GMT

1880 United States Federal Census Original Images

Please choose an enumeration district in Joseph Wieldsatch:
District 174 Eagle Hill, Blythe Township

http://tinyurl.com/ys3eqg

the picture says "Blythe Township" .... "Joseph Wieldsatch patch" was crossed.

I have relatives on that picture - I found them only because I thought that township name was so stupid, I had to check that.

LOST 1901 CENSUS

hutton981 — 11 Mar 2007 11:15:40 GMT

When I go to customize of FTM. I want to choose the 1901 England census specifically, I have always got this but from yesterday it has disappeared from the list and I have now got the 1901 Canada as the last category where has the 1901 England category gone ??. Any ideas many thanks .

What's new about the 1850 US Census?

greg907684 — 10 Mar 2007 4:26:54 GMT

listed today under recent additions...so what's new?

Searcing the census records with wildcard * ????

sandyman720 — 24 Dec 2006 6:15:50 GMT

Hello,

When I search just using a state, county, and city the search for the census will return a lot of results. So I want just thoes with the last name P for example. I put in P* for the last name and then it says the wildcard returned too many results.
If I narrow the city down with just thoes with the last name P*, how does that return more results than just with the city!?!?!?!?!?

Does anyone know how to search with just the first letter of the last name within a certain city?

1860 Jefferson Co Florida

bcjantal — 21 Aug 2006 4:37:36 GMT

How can any transcriber possibly think that every person in Jefferson Co, FL born in "Fla" should be born in Flanders?

Is this some kind of cruel joke to make searching difficult? Or just typical lack of quality control?

1900-1940 ED maps NOW AVAILABLE

jdweintraub — 18 Nov 2006 6:05:44 GMT

Group,

My local National Archives last week got in a new film series of 73 rolls. A3378 is entitled "Enumeration District Maps for the 12th through 16th Censuses of the U.S. 1900-1940".

To see a description of the films:
1. Go to https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=...
2. Enter A3378 in the right side under "Search"
3. Press search and get to the publication.
4. Click on the publication name to get to its description page
5. Click on the "View Important Publication Details" to see a pdf file for
the series.

This will change my strategies for doing the geographical databases on the Morse One Step website for 1910 (where I've been reading streets off the census sheets), filling in gaps in our 1930 to 1920 ED conversion utility, and is changing my mind about creating a 1900 geographical street finder for the top 100 cities for the Morse One Step site.

Joel Weintraub
Dana Point, CA

1820 Census - Strafford County, NH

novaprof46 — 29 Aug 2006 9:58:55 GMT

I recently discovered that a large section of Strafford County, NH, has been left out of the Census records on Ancestry.com. The only answer I get to this is that they'll have their programmers check into it. From many of the postings, I get the distinct impression that this is a very lengthy process.

The membership fee to this resource was not insignificant, and I paid it in order to have access to all the promised resources. I feel that a more timely response is in order.

Has anyone else noticed this missing segment?

Search by name combinations?

pamsinc — 22 Jul 2006 6:38:16 GMT

I have an ancestor who was orphaned at an early age. I find him after he married. But he and his siblings must have been brought into someone else's household and the enumerator gave them that person's last name. I'd like to try to find a household with the siblings names in it. I'm thinking if I could look for a household in Georgia in 1870 where the first names David, James, Robert, etc all exist, I might stumble on the siblings living together - at least in some combination.

Is there a way to do that search?

Ancestry does not have all census data -- 1820 Alabama

dabrigman_1 — 8 Jul 2006 12:22:12 GMT

There are a handful of counties in Alabama that have census data for 1820 but Ancestry has not scanned them.

When will these be scanned?

Thanks!

NEW 1910 CENSUS

GBaragona — 22 Jun 2006 10:07:25 GMT

I'm posting this about 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight time, on June 22. Hopefully, by the time the rest of the world reads this, the problem will be fixed.

I got the announcement last night about the new 1910 census. I clicked on the "start searching" link and planned to do some serious searching in the Florida census. I entered my search parameters, but got no results. Then, I started deleting parameters, but still nothing. Finally, my only search criterion was "Florida." Guess what! Nothing. NO RESULTS!

I'm sure Ancestry will fix this problem ASAP. Meanwhile, you may want to try out the newly-indexed 1910 census to dig up any new problems to report to Ancestry.

Census corrections, updates ????

MemereDee — 16 Nov 2006 2:25:10 GMT

1930 Buchanan Co. MO

jmasoner4859 — 10 May 2006 12:13:48 GMT

1930 Buchanan Co. MO Washington Township (sorry didn't note the enumeration district) where the State Hospital is listed has a big problem.

I was searching for the surname Gregory. Pulled up 900 something matches--all appeared to be for Omar Gregory and Bernice Gregory. Every individual listed under the household is listed as born in Missouri and a daughter of the head of household-whether the individual was male or female--didn't matter where they were born, index lists them as born in MO. The few pages I did check didn't even show a relationship to head of household-it was blank.

Never did find the page that Omer Gregory was listed on-of course I didn't check all 900 entries either. Put in Omer Gregory and get 900 something hits in Buchanan Co.

When is the indexing of the census for a state complete?

wilsond212 — 4 Apr 2006 11:57:54 GMT

I have been working on tracking the movement of several families through census records. It's surprising how often I can locate the family by surname in a particular county and town in censuses that are 20 years apart, but they don't appear in that location in the intervening census.

This doesn't happen in every state, or for every surname. However it happens often enough to give me the impression that something is missing from the indexes. Does this mean that indexing for some areas is still incomplete?

If so, how can we find out what the incomplete counties are?

If not, then when will each decennial census be completely indexed for all states?

1840 Jackson County, Arkansas -- Index omission

scottreynolds33 — 12 Apr 2006 5:59:51 GMT

1840 Arkansas, Jackson County, page 222
All names on that particular page appear to be missing from the index.
Missing names are in alphabetical order spanning initial letters C through G.

1790 Northampton MA census still missing

katherinemccain — 17 Apr 2006 5:19:54 GMT

I note that, 4 years after it was reported, ancestry.com still has not provided a scan of the 1790 Northampton (Hampshire County) MA census. I thought I was going crazy until I read the county threads and found the 2002 discussion. While I really appreciate all the new databases, and I recognize that in some cases the original microfilm from which scans are made is highly bad, it would be nice if there was some concern about fixing known problems--particularly when these early census records are of substantial interest to US customers.

New Viewer - Image Area Completely Black

judymills138 — 17 Mar 2005 6:27:02 GMT

Does anyone have any idea why I am unable to see any images with the new image viewer? All I get is a completely black area where the image should be. My video card is a nVidia GeForce FX 5900, and the drivers I have are the recommended ones (that work for all my other applications). I was never able to use the higher quality image viewer previously, for the same reason.

I really would appreciate some help with this, because if I can no longer view census images online, my research will grind to a sad halt, as I am not able to travel to view them elsewhere. (Also there is the fact that I am paying to be able to view them online)

1910 Texas Census

jmasoner4859 — 23 Feb 2006 10:25:02 GMT

Does anyone know where Ancestry has hid Potter Co. TX, Amarillo ED 198 census records?

Potter Co. is all messed up--nearly all districts are linked to San Saba Co. or Schleicher. Presidio Co. is linked to Parker Co.

I have spent part of the afternoon trying to find Potter Co. and haven't had any luck.

Census Form

jjsjjsjjsjjs1 — 22 Feb 2006 12:28:20 GMT

I would like to be able to fill out a blank copy (yes, I know where the jpg's are) of the census form and then print it out. My handwriting and the teensy writing when I print the original image are giving me a headache:)

Could someone please tell me what I need to be able to do this?

I have Windows XP. I have Wordperfect. I have a scanner that has OCR (whatever that is)...if any of that would get the job done could you please tell me how or point me to directions? My eyes thank you...jennifer

1920, Illinois, Whiteside: error in town name

wilsond212 — 19 Feb 2006 10:26:58 GMT

In the 1920 census for Whiteside Co., IL, the township name of "Hahnaman" is incorrectly spelled in the index as "Hahanaman". PLEASE CORRECT.

Can't Read Cocke Co TN 1900 Census

jgillespie — 20 Jan 2006 1:53:29 GMT

I have reported being unable to read the following enteries. Could anyone see what they say:

page 8A : family of Joseph Gunter (family # 137)
Need their names & year born & ages.

Family # 138 (same page) Need information if this is a GUNTER family only.

Page 7A Is there ANY OTHER Gunter listed on this page (except Robert F Gunter listed with the Giles family)

Any help appreciated. I have checked HeritageQuest & can't read these entries in it either.

Thanks!!

1900 indexing error

wilsond212 — 11 Jan 2006 6:56:33 GMT

In the 1900 census for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., the records for the town of Woburn are mis-indexed under the town name of Wolburn.

Please correct ASAP.

1910 every name?

LBRAGG — 9 Dec 2005 6:55:25 GMT

Is there a plan ro release the complete index of the 1910 census? I've got some ancestors that are probably hidden in there somewhere.

Thanks for all the census'. They are by far easier and cheaper than microfilm!

Lori

Searching the census pages

hugh12391 — 9 Dec 2005 5:50:08 GMT

Your search engine is great. It gets me to a specific name that I have listed on the census page. After I get to this location, I realize there are other surnames of interest. How can I search for additional surnames in the open census report without going back to your search page to list another surname. Presently the only way to find these additional people is to manually search each page. Sometimes there are hundreds of pages.

Thanks

Hugh

1920 and 1930 search boxes

Linda E — 26 Nov 2005 8:52:32 GMT

I cannot get search boxes for 1920 or 1930 census. I do get search boxes for all other census, WW I draft cards, etc. I have cleared my cache and deleted all cookies, and deleted Ancestry bookmark. Logged-in fresh from the Ancestry home page. Still can't get search boxes for 1920 or 1930. Any other suggestions ??

1880 Bienville Parish, LA censu

jerry7459 — 22 Nov 2005 2:58:40 GMT

I did a search for W. B. Bryan in the 1880 Bienville Parish, Louisiana Census and he came up on the index, however, when I went to the image, I could not find him. Even after going a few pages forward and backwards I could not find him. How do I report this problem?

1850 Census Problem

Nancy — 18 Nov 2005 1:38:21 GMT

I can only access this census by browsing. This is the only year I am having problems with. Ancestry's answer was to clear my cache/cookies(which I did). This has not solved the problem. Anyone else having the same problem with the 1850?

Nancy

1930 census index

MAGGIEM — 14 Nov 2005 10:52:51 GMT

I can't access the 1930 index--just the browse mode. Is it just me?

error message on all census pages and unable to zoom

jsilsbury1 — 5 Nov 2005 9:51:21 GMT

Hello

I have noticed that everytime I now want to look at an original census page that it downloads ' done but with errors' I then am unable to zoom in and therefore cannot read original documents as image is too small. Is anyone else experiencing this or is it just my computer. Never had a problem before.

Thanks

Jo

Indexing error: misspelled city name

wilsond212 — 26 Sep 2005 10:58:00 GMT

In the 1920 census for Alabama, Dallas Co., there is a misspelled town name. The town shown as "Slema" should be "Selma".

Refer to any census sheet for the correct spelling.

1920 every-name index

alandownes — 18 Sep 2006 2:49:41 GMT

The 1920 census index on ancestry.com is now an every-name index as opposed to a head-of-household index. O frabjous day!

1910, Hamilton Co., OH: missing sheet

wilsond212 — 18 Sep 2005 5:26:40 GMT

In Cincinnati, Ward 22, ED #258, sheet 10 (both images) is missing. Images 17 and 18 are sheets 9A and 9B, and images 19 and 20 are sheets 11A and 11B.

It's not just a numbering error, because there is a note from the census taker at the bottom of 9B referring to sheet 10, line 1, for the wife of the man on the last line (jacob Mandery).

Can you fix this?

Sorting census searches by county?

DialZero — 7 Sep 2005 7:29:19 GMT

Back before the every name index when you searched on a surname you (I think) the results sorted by county. I remember this because I was tracking a unique surname and keeping the results in a spreadsheet and it was sooo easy to list them by county. All I had to do to make it perfect was go back and arrange them in my spreadhseet in house number order within an ED within a county. Two or three years later I'm working on another family and its not working that way. When I do a surname search now with the soundex option (I have to, there are too many spelling variations) I get them, appreantly, ordered first by surname and then within that they are sorted by first name. I'm attempting the same sort of spreadsheet and entering the data is now a nightmare.

IS there any way to sort by county first? If not, is there a way to manipulate the search url so the results are ordered by county?

Census Search Problems

boots22 — 29 Aug 2005 3:04:06 GMT

Everytime I try to search a particular census year it comes up with the states so I can browse the states and counties. I don't want to browse I want to search. PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM.

1920 United States Federal Census /Cherokee Co. TEXAS

nanablue2007 — 23 Aug 2005 3:39:18 GMT

1920 United States Federal Census
Cherokee County TEXAS

Asked for all Crawfords in Cherokee Co. Texas 1920.....the following is example of what came up...

Crawford, Aaron J Precinct 1, Cherokee, Texas abt 1881 Texas White
Crawford, Amato Precinct 1, Cherokee, Texas abt 1892 Texas White
Crawford, Claud Rusk, Cherokee, Texas abt 1889 Texas White
Crawford, Deanna Precinct 1, Cherokee, Texas abt 1896 Texas Colored
Crawford, Eular Precinct 1, Cherokee, Texas abt 1873 Texas White
Crawford, Ira Precinct 7, Cherokee, Texas abt 1904 Texas White
Crawford, Jesse Precinct 4, Cherokee, Texas abt 1882 Texas Colored
Crawford, Leta Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas abt 1898 Texas White

Where it says view image...the image brought up does not match transcription on not one of these people....So then I basically did a
random check on known people to be in Cherokee County in 1920,,, I can find the transcription but cannot pull up the correct census image. It appears that the whole 1920 Us Census of Cherokee County TEXAS is FUBAR...
Any suggestions..???

census links grayed out

Hester McEuen — 2 Aug 2005 2:47:44 GMT

Is anyone else having trouble with this? When I try to browse the 1880 census records for Appanoose county Iowa, the link is not clickable and it appears differently than the other county links on the page (aside from audobon, which appears exactly in the same way appanoose county does). I tried emailing technical support but they answered that they could not duplicate the error I was getting and I really didn't get any helpful suggestions from them.

Has anyone else had this problem and figured out how to fix it?

1930 U.S. Census search bug

kowallek — 19 Jul 2005 4:31:27 GMT

Ancestry's 1930 U.S. Census search has a bug.

If you use the Exact Search tab and enter a surname, then choose the Soundex spelling option, you only get Exact spelling matches.

I am trying to report this to Ancestry support, but am only getting canned replies and the usual run-around.

Possible Soundex Problem

FredRagsdale69 — 21 Jul 2005 6:43:49 GMT

Anyone know why the recent thread someone started about a problem with Soundex and the census search was deleted?

I posted one response in the thread. A few hours later, I received email notifying me that there were two replies. When I opened each of them, the Ancestry site just stated that the message had been deleted. I then went to the message board and saw that the entire thread had been deleted.

There was nothing on that thread that was offensive or in violation of standards of conduct after I posted my message.

Was there something wrong with the later postings that caused the thread to be deleted?

Fred

1930 United States Federal Census soundex is broken

Hugh_Watkins — 5 Sep 2005 8:04:59 GMT

Re: Ancestry.com bug...
is a thread on GENCMP-L@rootsweb.come

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=6224&am...
blue form

exact
1930 United States Federal Census
Viewing records 1-25 of 2,813 matches for:
Smythe

soundex

1930 United States Federal Census
Viewing records 1-25 of 2,813 matches for:
Smythe

======== compared with =========

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=6742&am...

exact

1880 United States Federal Census
Viewing records 1-25 of 913 matches for:
Smythe

soundex

1880 United States Federal Census
Viewing records 1-25 of 712,272 matches for:
Smythe

point made
soundex is IS broken in 1930

regards

Hugh W

Stack overflow problem...

kowallek — 7 May 2005 11:47:35 GMT

I occasionally get a "Stack overflow at line 0" error in MSIE 6.0 (Win XP) while using the new Enhanced Image Viewer for census images at ancestry.com. I click OK and continue ... it doesn't seem to cause any side effects.

Is anyone also having this problem?

P.S. I reported this to ancestry support. They told me to download a new version of the viewer a week ago, but I am still getting the "stack overflow".

Three Star Search????

obtoo — 15 Jul 2005 3:30:32 GMT

Why bother to rate your searches if they all rate out the same?

I searched "Lewis Hall" living in Vermont in 1860, born in Canada. I got a page full of results all of the results were listed as three stars.

Now the first three hits matched all criteria, I would expect them to have 3 or 4 stars. The next 3 were born in NY so I would expect them to have at least 1 less star than the first three. The next 4 were in VT but they were NOT born in Canada so I would also expect those to have at least one less star than the first three.

The rest of the page was all Lewis Halls but they did NOT live in VT and were NOT born in Canada I would expect them to have at least 2 stars less than the first three hits, but they did NOT. They all (the whole page) had 3 stars each.

So I ask you, what good is rating the hits if everything rates out the same?

Michael

1910 Klickitat Co. Washington

paboswell2 — 1 Jul 2005 5:57:36 GMT

I've just been searching the Klickitat Co. census and discovered it's really messed up. The index listed Wm. H. Stout in Pine Forest Precinct, Dist 116, but the link takes you to Spring Creek Pct. Dist. 115. So I went to the 1910 census and brought the listing of all the precincts up and discovered that all the ones I clicked on were linked to the wrong pages and precincts. I finally found Wm. H. Stout in Pine Forest Pct., but it was listed under Cedar Valley Pct. It looks to me like the whole census need to be redone.

Free 1920 Census

Lyndy113 — 15 Jun 2005 11:23:56 GMT

Someone sent me an email saying that the 1920 Census was free at Ancestry.com. I logged out from my account, followed the link they sent and sure enough it's free. I think the explanation in the last sentence is wonderful. This is the message I received:

Search the 1920 US Census for Free - (June 15-17)
http://www.ancestralfindings.com/free1920uscensus.htm
==================================================
The 1920 indexes have been completed for all fifty
US states including American Somoa, Guam, Military
and Naval Forces, Panama Canal Zone and the Virgin
Islands. The database does not currently include
Puerto Rico.

If you do not initially find the name on the page
that you are linked to, try a few pages forward or
backward, as sometimes different pages had the same
page number.

Now available: wildcard searches with less than 3 letters

jdweintraub — 18 Nov 2006 6:05:44 GMT

Group,

In order to use wild cards on Ancestry census searches one has to enter at least 3 letters for a name, and those 3 letters must be the starting letters for either the first or last name.

It would be better if one could search on a single or double letter. So if one was looking for Patrick Weckinsklov (made up name), it would be better to search for Pat* We* or even Pat* W* especially if one has a geographical area in mind to limit the number of hits.

Is that possible? It now is at: http://www.stevemorse.org/census/ancestry.html

Steve Morse has just revised one of his existing utilities to do one or two letter searches on the beginning of a name. Although those of you who have used this utility may not detect any difference in the appearance of the starting page, if you experiment with the entry of information you will see, IF YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, hits from such searches. The wild card option is hidden within the choice of "Starts with" entry boxes, and you can enter any number of letters you want, from 0, 1, 2, 3, or more that start a name within those boxes.

Enjoy....

Joel Weintraub

Updated Collections

bruddahchrispy — 7 Jun 2005 7:30:36 GMT

Aloha kakou,

On the home page there is a handy little link to recently added or updated databases. If one follows the link we find a list of databases, some new some marked as 'Updated!'. Would it be possible to supply a short blurb on *what* was updated?

If I see that the 1920 census has been updated it would be nice to know that the update was one I might be interested in. The alternative would appear to be my maintaining a list of all relatives who should have been in each database but weren't, so that I can re-query for them each time a database is updated.

Thank you!
Chris Payne

Census Updates

jcaskey — 3 Jun 2005 3:43:06 GMT

I noticed that today there is an update to the 1920 census. I have seen other updates to other census years that I thought were complete. Is there anyway to find out what these updates are? When I click on the 1920 census I see nothing in the description which indicates what has been changed or added.

1910 Cambridge MA Census Glitch (but not Ancestry's)

jdweintraub — 1 Jun 2005 10:38:16 GMT

Ancestry likes to say that, for some census years, they have an "Every Name" Index. If they complete such an index for 1910, I wonder if they will repeat that claim for that year.

The reason I wonder, is that... while transcribing street names for Cambridge, MA for 1910 I discovered an interesting situation for ED 742 (T624 Roll 595 Part 2 Page 1A). There is a note attached to the first sheet of that ED (best seen by using the Morse One Step 1910 image finder site rather than Ancestry's direct image since Ancestry cuts the top of the note off) explaining why NONE of that ED's census pages show ANY names of people or street names. If you look at that census those columns are blank. Those people's names are probably not indexed anywhere, even though the REST of their information is shown on the census pages.

If you search on Ancestry... 1910 Census... and leave everything in the name search boxes blank except State: Massachusetts; County: Middlesex; Township: Cambridge..... you will see a bunch of blank "names" for Ward 1......and that particular ED is 742.

So unless Ancestry can magically come up with the names of these missing people they will never have an "every name" index for people who are enumerated on the 1910 Census (and neither will anyone else). Perhaps they will hedge their motto by saying they have an Every name index for all names they were able to transcribe from the census.

Ahhh, the mysteries of the US Census where surprises always wait around the corner .

Joel Weintraub

FLA is FLORIDA not FLANDERS--PLEASE CORRECT CENSUS

boots22 — 17 May 2005 12:49:02 GMT

1860 Henry County, Alabama, Brock, Image 13 of 16 -

James Benton, Age 26, born in Florida

Fla stands for Florida not Flanders
I find that most of the census was correct until Ancestry.com decided to go back and redo things and then make them incorrect. Please correct this. Thanks.

1930 Search via Soundex Doesn't

Seawolf671 — 27 Mar 2006 2:05:05 GMT

I don't know when this changed, but one can no longer search the 1930 census records using soundex on the last name.

When will this be fixed?

Index corrections

JeanMasoner44 — 24 Jun 2002 11:18:41 GMT

Maybe I'm not understanding the process here, but how will posting the corrections to this list or even in the user's comments section help anyone using the census index.

The corrections I posted under the user's comments don't even show up when I do a search of the index.

Corrections

janemac40 — 11 May 2005 12:27:47 GMT

What's going on with the comments & corrections? I have made many corrections but they never show up. I have also offered to volunteer to review corrections but it always says there are no new ones. Isn't anyone making corrections? I find that hard to believe since I've found so many errors myself.

New Image Viewer - Won't Save to Hard Drive

pan_mila — 18 Mar 2005 7:10:17 GMT

Hi,

I installed the new Image Viewer (for census images) yesterday and it will not let me save the image to the hard drive on my computer. I click on the "Save" button and a pop up window opens with two options: "Your Computer" and "My Ancestry" - the dot is in the "Your Computer" option. I then click "OK" and nothing happens - no pop up window to indicate where the file should be saved, no nothing.

Has anyone else ran into this problem? Any suggestions on how to fix this? I followed the trouble shooting guide and all my active x components are set as recommended.

Thanks in advance for the help.

PLEASE FIX SOON!! Failure of US Census Search

MERowan — 14 Apr 2005 2:45:01 GMT

1840 Illinois Census WRONG COUNTY!

mlbarton12 — 25 Apr 2005 4:08:59 GMT

I don't know if this is the best place to point this out. I've been looking for Elijah Libby known to be in Fulton Co., Illinois in the 1836-1850 timeframe. No such person found in the census search for 1840 though there is an Elijah Libby in Franklin Co. (far across the state)

Turns out this listing (see http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbi...)

which claims to be Franklin Co. is clearly Fulton Co. as it says right on the image.

How do I get the weeks back that I have spent looking for something that is so badly mislabeled?

Still Major MAJOR Problems 1930 Search Engine/Index

jdweintraub — 6 Oct 2003 12:39:49 GMT

I posted a few months ago several problems with the 1930 Search Engine. One appears to have been fixed. I can now find Stephen Morse's father, Morris Mastinsky, by looking for Morris Mas*. I couldn't a few months ago but could with Morris Mast*. So that one has been fixed.

If I enter Shirley Weintraub age 2...see the results (1 person), and on *that* initial result page re-enter at the bottom in the search boxes Shirley Weintraub without the age and ask for a new search, it shows no hits. Hmmmm. Not fixed.

And most distressing is the possibility that 40,000 names are *missing* from Brooklyn. I have my target family on ED 24-502 page 3A in Brooklyn in 1930 (Kings Co). Using Steve's One Step utility I can now go to that page and see Louis (age 45, Rose, Benjamin, etc.) Weintraub. However, I CANNOT find them on the Ancestry.com search engine for 1930. Steve tells me that EDs 24-499 through 24-521 appear to have some sort of problem. So I randomly went to ED 24-521, choose the second family (Samuel Clark, age 34) and searched for him and also his wife Dora. Result...can't find them either. So with this limited sample size it *might be* that NO person on these EDs are indexed by Ancestry. Anyone else want to check? Since there are 22 EDs that possibly have no name indexes...at about,say, 2,000 people each...that's 40,000 people if I'm right. Ouch.

Joel Weintraub, Dana Point, CA

1930 Census Soundex feature not working

Azazella59 — 11 Mar 2005 5:33:09 GMT

Ancestry should provide 1852 Calif. state census

CarlisleHill — 1 Apr 2005 3:20:47 GMT

I wonder how come Ancestry.com doesn't (or can't) provide access to the 1852 state census of California and its index. After all, they have dozens of scanned history books for California. Some Calif. libraries have the 1852 census on microfilm so it would be nice for people out of state to be able to view the images via Ancestry. Otherwise they have to borrow them from Salt Lake City via their local LDS Family History Center.

Many gold rushers were still in transit to Calif. by ship or on the prairies when the 1850 federal census was taken, so they did not get counted. Many were still looking for gold in 1852 so the Calif. state census might be the only pre-1860 record for these people. And many gold rushers returned home after a few years, empty-handed, so their descendants might never have heard that an ancestor or a relative was a so-called "Forty-niner" and might never realize they could be found in the 1852 state census of California. How about it, Ancestry?

Still No Fix to Search Engine Fractional Ages (& Early Marriages??)

jdweintraub — 31 Mar 2005 3:57:40 GMT

It's been several months since the issue of fractional ages for young children was brought to Ancestry's attention. What's happening is that, for example, if the age of a person is shown as 4/12 on the Census sheets, Ancestry shows the age as 4 years on their Index.

The search software is the most important part of good database accessibility. You would think that Ancestry would quickly clear up any problems with this engine....but unfortunately they haven't.

If you want to see the problem...in fact two problems exist here... look up on the 1900 Census any Harriet Tucker born in New York and residing in New York, New York in 1900. There are only 3 hits. I was looking for one born on January 1900 but ***don't*** enter the age of the person on the search screen.

First, you WILL see there is a Harriet Tucker on the search results born in 1900....and age "0" shown on the screen with the NARA series/roll information. Aha...you think, I must be wrong. However, this Harriet Tucker is ***married*** and shows 3 children. Talk about early marriages!!!! This part of the census sheet is difficult to read, but the transcriber could have used some logic in their transcription.

The Harriet Tucker you seek born 1/1900 is shown as being born in 1896 and 4 years of age on Ancestry's index...but if you look at that image you will see she was born in January 1900 and her age shows as 4/12.

Ancestry only has itself to blame for their reputation for low quality control, both in their database transcriptions and in their software design and maintenance, when they don't fix quickly these sorts of errors.

Joel Weintraub

So what is next with the federal census???

vernonpurvis — 27 Mar 2005 3:37:06 GMT

I noticed that the 1900 census is "complete" for every name indexing. What is next for the census?? Will there be every name added to the 1910 and 1920?

Is anyone having problems with wrong 1870 Census links?

Lyndy113 — 27 Mar 2005 12:54:34 GMT

Thanks to the Steve Morse site I've been able to work around bad links for Vermont - Orleans County 1910 census. I reported the findings to Ancestry.com and they replied:

Dear Nancy,

We appreciate your message.

Thank you for bringing this Census Image Online issue to our attention. Our programmers are aware of the situation with the 1910 Vermont Census with Orleans County, and they will correct it as soon as they are able. In order to resolve many of these issues it requires research, individual rescanning, and other time consuming processes. For this reason the resolution may take longer than that of other website errors. Thank you for your patience.

If there is anything else with which we might assist you, please let us know.

Ron
Member Solutions
Ancestry.com

Today, while searching the 1870 Vermont > Orleans County pages, I'm finding problems with 1870 links there as well. The town I'm searching and the wrong linked census image are not even next to each other.

I'm sure I'll get a response like the one above.... Take a number and stand in line until we get to your problem....

Nancy

Advanced Viewer Problem

pframeli — 11 Feb 2006 2:55:44 GMT

Correction to original post....After loading SP2 the Advanced Viewer causes PC, mouse, and keyboard to freeze. This only happens with census images. The military records, etc. load just fine.
I have communicated back and forth with ancestry, nothing they suggested helped!
I switched back to the old viewer and it does work, but so hard to deal with. Anyone have a solution?

1910 Census Randolph County Indiana Shows Ripley County Census

lucybutko — 22 Mar 2005 3:27:25 GMT

The 1910 Census Randolph County Indiana shows the 1910 Ripley County Indiana Census.

Can this be fixed please.

What have you done to the census viewing?

oslush — 17 Mar 2005 6:33:40 GMT

1. I am a 6 year ancestry.com subscriber
2. 90% of my ancestry.com usae was for census.
3. Until today I had NO problem navigating the individual census pages using the zoom & arrows.
4. I am on webtv and cannot download an image viewer.
5. With the new census viewing system you just "created", your site has become worthless to me.
6. Do you plan to go back to the previous census viewing system which worked just fine?
7. If not, me and my $189.00 a year are out of here.

Oktibbeha county, Mississippi-1870 census index error

Eileen — 19 Mar 2005 8:44:22 GMT

I was searching for a family in the 1870 census in Oktibbeha county, Mississippi. No matter what I entered, nothing came up. I finally figured out why when I went to the list of counties for Mississippi. It is listed on the Ancestry index as Okibbeha county. Please correct the spelling of the county, so searches can be made.

New Image Viewer

Eleanor_W — 17 Mar 2005 8:09:45 GMT

I don't understand your problem with the new Census Viewer.
I like the new wider view of the Census Sheet. You can see twice the amount of information as before. For once, I must be doing something right.
Eleanor

Ancestry Image Viewer

dh_2000 — 3 Oct 2006 3:45:42 GMT

HELP!!!...Enhanced Image Viewer Problem

gordonlm — 11 Feb 2005 4:49:35 GMT

I can't view census images using the enhanced viewer. It shows the download complete, but they look like wet ink smears or a total black screen where the main image should be. The basic viewer works fine with the census images, but it is sooooooo slow to have to use the arrow keys to move around.

The enhanced image viewer works fine when viewing newspaper images, so I'm puzzled that it doesn't work with the census images.

I only started having this problem after I updated to IE SP2 about three months ago. My operating system is XP and I also have Norton Antivirus running.

Has anyone else had this problem? If so, what did you have to do to fix it? HELP, HELP, HELP....what can I do to resolve this?

Birthplace = India?? in 1850 census

wilsond212 — 25 Feb 2005 9:03:59 GMT

There are 106,684 records in the 1850 census that show the birthplace of "India". Spot checking the pages suggests that the correct burthplace is Indiana.

PLEASE FIX!!

many links to census images not working...still

nan — 25 Feb 2005 6:46:56 GMT

Can somone please get the system fixed so the clickable link to a census page image will actually take me to the right census page. Sometimes the correct image might be just a page or two off, but often it is not found at all. I didn't mind waiting til it is fixed, but am now beginning to think no one is working on it. Maybe it is more noticeable to me since I use the census search every day and for several different states. Thanks very much.

Incorrect birth location in 1850 census -- MAJOR ERROR

wilsond212 — 24 Feb 2005 7:41:45 GMT

There are 5,343 hits in the 1850 census for individuals showing the birth state of Colorado. Given that Colorado wasn't even a state until 1876, and wasn't organized as a territory until 1861 (before then it was part of Kansas), I think is obvious that EVERY ONE of those records is incorrect.

On a quick check, some birth locations appear to be Connecticut (usually abbreviated "Conn").

Can these errors be corrected?? If so, please respond with an estimate of when this might be done.

1870 Boone County Arkansas Census

jerry7459 — 21 May 2005 3:20:34 GMT

The 1870 Boone County Arkansas Census seems to have disappeared. In fact, the only county that is coming up on the index is Arkansas County for this year.