This is from one of the leaders at  the USGenWeb Census Project at
http://www.us-census.org/info/

"working with a "team of volunteers" is a great way of
> getting a particular census transcribed.  The team members can even
> proofread each others work.  Learning to decipher a particular
enumerator's
> handwriting is a hard part of transcribing, and the team can help each
> other.>
> We have been encouraging the State Coordinators to try to get more teams
of
> volunteers. "

US GenWeb has a program called CART which you can download or you can use
Excel to enter the information.

I don't know if this is still in effect, but S-K Publications, Wichita, KS
(http://www.skpub.com/genie/census2.html   was providing a free copy to US
GenWeb census transcriber volunteers.

As with most volunteer work you get more than you give.  No one can
appreciate the work that goes into transcribing until one has done so.  It
will help one learn to decipher old handwriting.  It will help one
understand why there are so many mistakes on people's names.  It will give a
whole new perspective on how much work has been done and how much needs to
be done to make census information readily available on the internet.

Also, another way to get more census info online is at Kindred Konnections.
Volunteer to do a census page and you will received a one hour free search
at K-K.

If you are a subscriber to Family Tree Maker's Books online there are many
census images there.

I have no connection to US GenWeb Census Project, S-K Publications or
Kindred Konnections.

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