Monday, April 30, 2012

#1940Census Status Update for 28 April 2012

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On Saturday horses changed positions in the race to post 1940 census indexes. FamilySearch.org jumped from last place into a tie with lead...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

1940 First Indexer Award

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The displayer of this badge certifies that he or she is a proud indexer of the 1940 Census. 1. Name: Ancestry Insider 2. First Indexed: Apri...

1940 Census Award Badges

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If you are helping index the 1940 U.S. Census, give yourself a pat an the back in the form of the “1940 Census First Indexer Award.” Choos...
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#1940Census Who Has the Best Images?

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In my “1940 Census Image Viewer Comparison” article I noted how different websites took more or less time to display images. Ancestry.com to...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ancestry.com Intends to Acquire Archives.com

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Ancestry.com announced Wednesday that they have signed an agreement to purchase Archives.com for $100 million plus assuming some of their ...
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#1940Census Status Update for 25 April 2012

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It’s been a while since my last update, but during that time, no website has published any indexes. With the Archives.com release of indexe...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

#1940Census Image Quality

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Several of you have written in comparing image quality among the vendors. Before I compare the vendors, I want to first take a look at what ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Indexing Tips: Cursive Writing

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Some four years ago I wrote a series of articles about cursive handwriting for indexers. With many new indexers trying out FamilySearch Inde...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Monday Mailbox: Mobile Image viewing

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Dear Readers, In my comparison of census image viewers , I invited readers to try viewing the images via a mobile device and then report b...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

#1940Census Image Viewer Comparison

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I’m going to do some comparisons about the 1940 Census experience on the different websites. First up, the image viewers and load time. I’ll...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

1940 Census Status Update for 16 April 2012

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Since my update last Thursday , FamilySearch finished posting all the census images. FamilySearch Indexing numbers indicate that they have ...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Darned Armie Cannon

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We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some a...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

#1940Census Status Update for 11 April 2012

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The indexing horserace has began even while horses continue to run the image race. Since my last update six days ago, FamilySearch’s image ...
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