For example, I have access to another provider called heritagequest.com through my local public library.
If we take as read the dates for immigration cited for my two examples (1885 & 1892), then they should both be in multiple censuses. You'd think "pius macisaac" would be particularly easy to find, and he should be in at least four: 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930. I can only find him in '20 and '30, though.
Possible explanations:
* These images are accessed through indexes -- it's not like one's search is against the document itself, since that's an image file. So there are database/transcription issues, no doubt.
* Door to door enumeration may not work as reliably as one would want. If they're not home, or resistant to come out...
I wish I could search by address, rather than by name, to track a residence over time. But I haven't seen anyone yet who'll let you do that.
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Date: 2009-08-13 04:12 pm (UTC)For example, I have access to another provider called heritagequest.com through my local public library.
If we take as read the dates for immigration cited for my two examples (1885 & 1892), then they should both be in multiple censuses. You'd think "pius macisaac" would be particularly easy to find, and he should be in at least four: 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930. I can only find him in '20 and '30, though.
Possible explanations:
* These images are accessed through indexes -- it's not like one's search is against the document itself, since that's an image file. So there are database/transcription issues, no doubt.
* Door to door enumeration may not work as reliably as one would want. If they're not home, or resistant to come out...
I wish I could search by address, rather than by name, to track a residence over time. But I haven't seen anyone yet who'll let you do that.