BTW on Sunday I was researching censuses in Tarrant County, Texas. On some particular years I could not believe the number of indexing errors. These errors were occurring even when the image was ** perfectly ** clear. It was an absolute mess. That's very hard to combat. Somehow I was able to find what I needed, for the most part.
Donna
Donna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry Census and their Census Index
Hugh,
What I have found on Ancestry.com is that their Census Index is often CORRECT, but they omitted scanning the pages into the site. Therefore when you try to go from the Index to the Census page, it is not there. The only way to get it right then, is to go to another source and check it, such as the original roll of film at a library. Of course, its possible they may also sometimes omit the index entry but not the page.
Helen Allen
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Hugh Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ancestry.com lists census indexes and census records. The indexes not only
CAN be wrong they ARE sometimes wrong. Thus I believe it is always better to
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