[Genealib] Census indexes

[Susan Scouras]

We have the Jackson indexes for West Virginia and some surrounding
states, plus many indexes prepared by local societies and interested
individuals.  We will keep them as long as a significant number of our
patrons keep on using them.  Besides the computer-phobic who always use
them, it is still faster sometimes to pull a good index off the shelf
and check it than to use the computer versions.  Also, same as others
have said, local people know local names and are less likely to
misinterpret spellings.  Computers and internet service go down, too.
As long as there is light coming in the window, you can use a book.  We
won't be giving ours up or moving them to closed stacks for a long time.
We still keep our microfilm census rolls, and find the Soundex very
useful at times when names have been mispelled and misinterpreted in the
online indexes.
 
 
Susan Scouras
Librarian
WV Archives and History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV  25305-0300
(304) 558-0230, Ext. 742
 

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Mulholland,
Michael
	Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:52 PM
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	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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