Try the National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/ Carl
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Marie Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Melanie, > > I just checked that site against my cenus entries from ancestry. The last > 3 digits of the film number are the roll number. Example: Film # 1329076, > 076 would be the roll number. > > > Marie > > --- On *Fri, 9/5/08, Melanie Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Melanie Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] V7 Census templates--where to find NARA roll numbers > and other questions > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 9:25 AM > > > I finally decided to try the SourceWriter for U.S. census images. I > located an image of the 1850 census on the new FamilySearch record search > pilot site. However, I am at a loss to know how to find the NARA roll > number. I check the FHL catalog using the film number given, but it is not > listed. > > All the different sites use a different numbering system for the census. > Is it best just to look for the stamped numbers and type, for example 104(a) > and then something like 725 (handwritten). > > Also, a few suggestions for the Legacy folks, I noticed that it's > impossible to see the entire light gray examples in the fields in the > sourcewriter because the minute you click in the box to try to scroll over, > it disappears. Also, since there are becoming increasingly more website > that offer images of the census, it seems to me that it would be a better > idea to enter the website on the details page instead of the source page so > that you don't have to have 3 or 4 separate souces for the same county. > > TIA for your suggestions, > > Thanks, > Melanie Tucker > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > =0A http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > =0A Archived messages: > =0A http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > =0A Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > =0A To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
