amen!! From: Michele Lewis Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:03 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions
The page number is important in conjunction with the COUNTY not the enumeration district. There is only one page 122 in Lamar County, Mississippi but there are nine Sheet 4B’s! And Lamar County is a small, rural county. There are places with hundreds of enumeration districts. The page number would be much more useful than the sheet number. The reason you need all of the piece is because the whole point of including a citation is so that someone else can come behind you and find the record. Today it isn’t near as crucial since the census is up on Ancestry (and other cites) and they are very easy to search. Back in the day if you knew the county and the page number you could find the record. (There are only 1-4 sheets per page number so the sheet wasn’t that critical). If you were getting the info from the NARA, you would need the roll number. Without that the NARA wouldn’t bother trying to find your record J Michele From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:36 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions Thanks, Michele. I figured it might work something like that. However, that makes the page number even less useful when combined with the roll of microfilm, doesn't it? Because there are multiple ED's on a roll. I will re-read some of these posts, but I think the one about how the file names include the series, roll and page number... didn't fit with this usage of page #. And the most recent post about including it because it is the standard to include page # in the citation... said she didn't want to have to go back and find the page #... just illustrates that the page # was not part of the finding process in the first place so shouldn't be part of the citation now. Okay............ perhaps I am just in a contrary mood this afternoon? ;) I think I have posted enough on this topic! Sorry to have hogged the mail! --Paula -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michele Lewis <ancestor...@gmail.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sun, April 29, 2012 4:29:48 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions Each enumeration district has its own sheet numbers. ED 37-1 Sheet 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B etc. ED 37-2 Sheet 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B etc The page numbers are stamped on the sheets AFTER all of the sheets come together. ED 37-1, sheet 1A would be page one. Then they go sequential through ED 37-1 and continue on to ED 37-2, 37-3, 37-4. When you get to the next county (38) this whole things started over. ED 38-1 Sheet 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B etc. ED 38-2 Sheet 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B etc The page numbers will start with page 1 on 38-1 sheet 1A all the way through to the last sheet of the last ED. Does that make sense? For Mississippi, 37 is Lamar County 38 is Lauderdale County. Michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
