Two new projects – Census of the Cumberland Settlements & North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787


We’ve just published two new projects for keying.  These projects are a little different than our typical projects as they are currently available to search on Ancestry.  When we first worked on these projects we used an OCR technology to recognise the names on the records and create an index.  Since this time we have discovered that the OCR process didn’t find all of the names on the records.  And since census records are such valuable research tools we felt it was important to have them keyed so each name on the record would be in the index.  This how they came to be published for you to key. 

Census of the Cumberland Settlements, 1770-1790 is a book containing records from Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee Counties in what was North Carolina but is now Tennessee.  It is typed and easy to read.

North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787

Enjoy and happy keying!

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bjwebb3749
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February 15, 2012 at 3:24 pm

I may actually find some of my relatives in this one!

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gltubbs
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February 15, 2012 at 7:43 pm

Why is it I cannot find either one of these new projects for keying? The message about them was just posted and I cannot find them any where. The stats say they are already 30% done!? I would like to try my hand at them. Were they all snapped up?

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Wayne
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February 15, 2012 at 7:52 pm

Same issue here. Just say the notice and read the instructions since I have family who would have been in NC during that time. Tried to download images, and the project was not listed.

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paulmd199
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February 15, 2012 at 10:12 pm

These projects were both very small and have been checked out.

There may be some sets left to key in ones and twos over the next week or three.

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Roberta kauffman Cohen
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February 23, 2012 at 11:36 am

I want to search my family tree of Kauffman and Weissbaum family also greenberg.

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Ancestry World Archives Project News - » It’s Wednesday and we have 2 new projects!
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March 14, 2012 at 9:36 am

[…] Militia and Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1800 are smaller projects that are part of our efforts to bring more accurate indexes online.   They are typed, so easy to read, and are relatively name dense.  Grab yourself a few image […]

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Michael R. Chamberlain
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April 5, 2012 at 7:19 am

I have been using FTM 2012 for sometime. It is s great improvement over previous editions. I find it difficult if not impossible to convince people to try it, because of the problems with previous editions. In order to get more people interested in FTM 2011, you could do the following:
A. Email genealogical societies about
The World Archives Project.
B. Inform them about how they may get
new members,when they show them
how easy it is to use the program
to start a family tree with one or
two persons.
C. If the society enrolls in the
World Archives Project, they would
receive free FTM 2012 and a trial
subscription to Ancestry.

Wold