RE: CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY - Derrell Oakley Teat
Subject: RE: CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY
From: Derrell Oakley Teat
Date: February 25, 2001

Hello All,
As a one of the few who are willing to transcribe the census on line and one
who has been searching a long time everything Tina said is correct.
I have helped and done 2 by myself.
So please volunteer your time and help us, if everyone only took a page to
type...Just think of how quick we could finish.
Thank you Tina! Very well said!

Derrell Oakley Teat
List Mom
Lawless,Springfield,& Hudgens

Original Message-----
From: Tina Hall [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 2:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY


I am not a "poor volunteer trying to complete a whole county". I have
actually completed 3 myself, and assisted with the proofreading of one that
nobody wanted to touch. I also have 4 more I am going to complete. I do not
consider myself a "poor volunteer". I am learning from the experience, and
enjoying it, too!

There are not enough good volunteers available. Good intentions do not give
us results. We won't see the entire census online until those who can do it,
volunteer and actually do the work.

Not everybody will "place their few relatives" on the censuses, so that
leaves huge gaps that hurt the whole. It is important to know who lived
nearby, because they probably married into your lines in the future, so even
though you think that it is only important to get the data on your own
lines, you may be missing more than you know because of it. Those neighbors
were involved in the lives of your relatives. They witnessed marriages,
deaths, wills, deeds, births, helped to build fences, barns, etc., posted
bonds and securities for marriages and probates, etc. They are just as
important as those you know to be your own relatives for sure. Remember,
their childrens spouses came from somewhere! Probably from the neighbors!

Tina Hall

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 8:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY


In a message dated 2/25/01 9:05:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


        I am quite willing to put my few ancestors on the census lists and
I
> believe that many census would be completed in short order compared to
> those
> poor "volunteers that are trying to complete whole counties.
>        If everyone who has a computer only contribute a little, we could
> accomplish a lot !
>
> L&S,
>
> Robert Davis
> 13117A NW 8th Ave.
> Vancouver, WA 98685
>
>

AMEN ! ! ! !

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