[Genealib] Census indexes

[Sandy Day]

Hi
We have kept ALL of our print indexes for the census for the reason Nancy stated. Also we keep them because sometimes you can find the name with its variant spelling in the print source and not the online source. One example is that we had a local person index 5 different census years for our county and he was much more familiar with the surnames for our county and therefore there was less chance of a misread or misspelling. I will weed something else before I weed these books.
Sandy Day
Genealogy Librarian
Schiappa Library
Steubenville, OH
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mulholland, Michael 
  To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
  Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:52 PM
  Subject: [Genealib] Census indexes


  Does anyone still keep the print indexes to the various census schedules, namely, the ones from Ronald Vern Jackson (Accelerated Indexing System) and Precison Indexing?
  Since the census can be searched online in simple or advanced levels and exact or Soundex spellings, why would anyone want to use them?
  I need to do some serious weeding and they take up a lot of precious shelf space.
  Thank you.

  Michael Mulholland, M.A./Library & Information Studies
  Local History/Genealogy Librarian
  Arlington Heights Memorial Library
  500 N. Dunton Ave.
  Arlington Heights, IL 60004
  (847) 870-3643



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