Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

Melanie, Some time ago, some one on this LUG suggested www.censustools.com. I am using these spreadsheets now and I'm satisfied with them. They are Excel spreadsheets that can be downloaded and saved to your computer. Then you can fill in as needed. If you save them by family name, you have a

Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

Here they are. Enjoy! Mary Moyer 1800 census males 10 = b. 1790-00 males s 10-16 = b. 1784-90 males 16-26 = b. 1774-84 males 26-45 = b. 1755-74 males 45 = b. bef 1755 females 10 = b. 1790-00 females 10-16 = b. 1784-90 females 16-26 = b. 1774-84 females 26-45 = b. 1755-74 females 45 = b. bef

Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

Melanie, Found some outstanding examples at: http://censustools.com/ But they ARE in Legacy [Reports - Misc. Reports - Forms Center - Census]. Keith On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Melanie Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Does anyone have a template they use to transcribe the

Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

Melanie Tucker wrote: Hello, Does anyone have a template they use to transcribe the earlier censuses that just had tally marks for males/females? I would like to use something where I could just copy, paste the text from the transcription into my Legacy database. Melanie, Do you want

Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

Here is one. I put the totals of the count in the 5 ? after name, and enhance the actual records with the following names and age for all suspected family members. I change the name to unknown as needed. I put a range if no actual birthdate is known. I have also created a Word document named

Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

Here is what I use. I just put the number in front of the line. I have them for the other years if you're interested. 1790 Census [county, state, roll, etc.] males 16 = b. bef 1774 males 16 = b. 1774-90 females other slaves Mary --- Melanie Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Does