Re: Re: SCROOTS-D Digest V00 #116 - Janet Jilote
Subject: Re: Re: SCROOTS-D Digest V00 #116
From: Janet Jilote
Date: March 20, 2000

Yolanda,

With regards to finding neighbors on the Census Records:

I located my information on microfilm. I go to the page the
person is located and check the names of neighbors on the
pages before and after his listing. When copying the info I
ususally print out the full page. I went several months once
without realizing that I had two sets of gg-grandparents
living nextdoor to one another! So, now I examine and
re-examine the census info.

Depending of the date of the census, some of the indexes
have the people listed in the order they appeared on the
census (house to house), such as the 1790 SC Census. There
are also some index books with a list of alphabetized names
and another with the names as they were taken house to house
(I can't swear to this, but think it was 1840 Census). But I
always go to the film. I don't trust the transcriptions of
many people, several whom could not read the old script
handwriting. I have found many names misspelled or not even
listed in indexes.

There are times when I actually go to a (microfilmed)
neighborhood when a family member is on a census and look
page to page at the names. Sometimes my eye will spot
something my mind was not looking for.

Sometimes I just copy pages from the census index books for
particular surnames, and then compare page #'s that the
families are listed on to see how close these families were
living together. Especially, if I only have a surname and no
given names to go on... I see if there were any families
with related  surname living near each other. I often find
in-laws lived near one another at one given time or another.

Right now I have a lead on a CAMPBELL family of which I only
had the gg-grandparent of Anne Campbell BEARD. I found that
she and her husband lived nextdoor to what maybe her
brother. Then I started looking for naming patterns.... any
clues. Next, I search the census records that may have
included both children. And with two siblings names and
birthdates I can look for birth records, church records and
hopefully find parents names.

I hope I answered your question. Where do you get your
census info from? And if I can help in any other way please
let me know.



Happy Hunting,
Janet Nielson Jilote
Chas, SC



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