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From: Diane Ward Sives <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] New List for you to post your Census lookup wishlist
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:33:48 -0500


I do not know if everyone knows that there is a new list or rather many
new lists offering the potential for actual census lookups.
There is a lookup list for each state of the union.

New Jersey's is

to subscribe either click on the link below or send a message to



mailto:

in the message portion put one word:

subscribe

There are certain rules for the list and I am paraphrasing (I do not own
the NJ list) so if the listowner of the NJ Census lookup list would like
to correct my attempts at the rules, please feel free to do so.

1. in the subject put the census year/county/surname

1. if possible, try to to find out the page number from the Census index
by going to Ancestry or on the CD's. (ancestry is running a free trial
right now) To sign up for the free trial go to

The information you would find there would be, for example:

James Gardner, Bergen Co, NJ; page 076; Bergen Twp. Federal Population
Schedule, NJ 1830 from the Federal Census index

for 1840 it would be this:

James Gardner, Hudson Co, NJ; page 203; Bergen Twp. Federal Population
Schedule, NJ 1840

2. Ask for only one census year at a time and for one or two people at a
time (please do not ask for "all" the Browns or Smiths)

3. remember that there is no one assigned to do lookups; if someone has
access to census records or indexes, they will look it up for you
provided they have the time.

4. All queries on census requests and replies should go to the list and
not be sent in private email.

5. If no one has access to that particular census, then you will receive
no answer, so don't get upset or write curt notes to the list wondering
why your lookup has not been done.

There is absolutely no charge for this service and I have no stake in
this; I just would like to pass along the information just, in case,
some of you don't know about it.

Please consider joining the list and offering lookups; even if it is
just to check a county and year for a person to find if they are there
and to give them the page from the index.

--
Diane Ward Sives

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