But are these census transcriptions going on the Ancestry subscription
pages.  If I spend my time transcribing, I want to be sure it is available
free of charge to everyone, not just the Ancestry subscribers.

Billie Jones

-----Original Message-----
From: Derrell Oakley Teat 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: CENSUS TRANSCRIBING, A BETTER WAY


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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