![]() Enter the STAMPED page number in the Page # field and when you enter it, add an "a" immediately following the page number for the stamped page. ![]() ![]() The census years that have the page number stamped on every other page are now known as A and B pages. A page number was stamped into the upper right hand corner, leaving the other page blank. Sometimes there is enough room left over in the Reference field for the Handwritten Page# or additional information about the census District that does not fit in the Division field.Īfter the 1870 enumerations were completed, the pages were bound into books with two pages facing each other. It is only necessary to enter the information on the first record of a new page and does not need to be duplicated on every record on the page. Check the Assignment Web Pages to verify the film number of your transcription.Įnter the Enumerator's Name and the Enumeration Date in the CART "Ref:" field located at the top of the CART screen by the Reel, County, State fields. The 1850 Microfilm Reel numbers all start with M593- followed by another number. This will carry over for every record/person you enter.Įnter the Microfilm Reel number of your census. The CART software will automatically fill in the State and County fields by repeating the information you entered in the "Create New Census Abstract" dialog-box. When your transcription has been proofread, Proofreading Decisions, and then visit the Proofreaders Exchange and sign up now. If you haven't found a proofreader yet, please "partial" while the transcription is still in progress. You send it to your proofreader so the proofreading can be started while youĬontinue to work on the rest of your census. When you complete the transcription of a Division/District, we recommend that Not all censuses have Division or District entered and some are unreadable. The Division or District you will enter is named after "Inhabitants in". Inhabitants in _ in the county of _, State of _Įnumerated by me on the _ day of _1870. Printed at the top of the 1870 census page is: NOTE: If your census is large and you will be creating more than one file for this census (by division, township, or whatever subdivisions this county is divided into) you can use the OPTIONAL field "SplitĬounty Name (Optional):" and type a township (or whatever) name and then later you will be able to add another separate file for this same county.Ĭlick the button to create a new file. On the drop-down menu-list, click "Create New".įill-in the three fields on the top row for the State, County, and Year. Use the New or Import option to create an abstract." "No Census Abstracts are in the data base. When you start CART for the first time, an "About Cart" message will appear.Īfter reading the message, click the button. The enumeration also included supplemental schedules for persons who died during the year. You will need to copy EVERYTHING that is on your census.ġ870 tidbits - This is the first year that information about the birthplace of parents was recorded. The template columns should match the columns on the census page from which you are transcribing. Email your Census Project State Coordinator if you have not received instructions for where to download the CART software or if you did not receive a spreadsheet template with your assignment notification.Īlternate email for MUST use the 1870 census year template if you aren't using CART. Your Census Project State Coordinator will need to know what spreadsheet software and which version you have and whether you have an IBM-type PC or a MAC. ![]() Excel or MSWorks templates are available for IBMĬompatible PCs, and Excel or Clarisworks/Appleworks are available for MAC users. To transcribe the 1870 Census, you will use either CART (Census Abstract Retrieval Tool) or a spreadsheet template.
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