tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post7419319704734557689..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Library and Archives Canada Answers Questions About the 1921 Canadian CensusOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-77440580520872175672013-08-14T23:07:09.502-04:002013-08-14T23:07:09.502-04:00In answer to Lorine:
As the original blog was ref...In answer to Lorine: <br />As the original blog was referring to Ancestry.com that is also what I was referring to. I know that familysearch used volunteers in the U. S. for their indexing of the 1940 census. Perhaps that is why they may have some, but not as many, missing images, and fewer transcription errors. I'm not knocking ancestry.com, it is a very good site. But in a rush to have the Papa Simnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-71020612431915734732013-08-14T19:33:39.402-04:002013-08-14T19:33:39.402-04:00THe 1940 US Census was indexed by volunteers. It i...THe 1940 US Census was indexed by volunteers. It is FREE on FamilySearch website. <br /><br />Ancestry's index will be behind a pay wall and thus they will NOT use volunteers. They hire indexers.<br /><br />If a company uses volunteers they do not charge a fee to users. If a company pays $ for work done (indexing for example) they do charge a fee to users<br /><br />Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-48798780599534924412013-08-14T15:00:19.564-04:002013-08-14T15:00:19.564-04:00Is this to be an accurate index, or will it be don...Is this to be an accurate index, or will it be done as I understand the 1940 U.S. census was? Most of us know what a mess some parts of it are. I have read that it was did mostly (maybe totally) by hired Asians, many who had a poor command of the English language and were not very familiar with American names. Also, there are still many images missing.Papa Simnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-37782335647070397652013-08-13T12:34:53.190-04:002013-08-13T12:34:53.190-04:00It's true that if we waited for LAC to do the ...It's true that if we waited for LAC to do the indexing we'd be waiting for a long time... BUT, LAC could have crowd-sourced the indexing in the way the 1940 USA census was indexed. Imagine the excitement, the involvement of local genealogy boards and their members, etc.etc.etc. Personally, I would have been truly grateful and excited for that opportunity. Oh well.Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.com