<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><DIV>Michael,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for sharing your web article on census records.  You wanted to know whether your analysis conformed to the GPS.  You have reopened the questions of some who think that the GPS needs some tweeking.  That's fine.  I personally believe that it could be restated better and that it is not good to try to fit a square into a round peg hole.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From the start of your article, it is obvious that census records are not going to actually fit into the GPS.  You are correct that other sources usually are available that will confirm information that is recorded in census records.  However, in the case where there is a burned out county courthouse or other strange reasons for courthouse records that could confirm information to be lost, the census may be the main record that exists.  As professional genealogists, we must figure out what other records may have survived if possible.  But, we should never refuse to use the information in census records because they contain imperfections.  All records do.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeanette</DIV> <DIV>Jeanette<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Michael Hait <michael.hait@hotmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com; APG APG Public <apgpubliclist@apgen.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, November 3, 2009 4:22:05 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [APG Public List] The reliability of federal census records for genealogical research<BR></FONT><BR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This message is being cross-posted on both the TGF and APG Public mailing lists.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just posted an article in my Examiner column regarding the reliability of federal census records.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would love to have some feedback.  Does my analysis conform to the Genealogical Proof Standard?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the link:  http://bit.ly/wEzux</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Hait<BR><A href="mailto:michael.hait@hotmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:michael.hait@hotmail.com">michael.hait@hotmail.com</A><BR>http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com<BR>Author, The Family History Research Toolkit (<A title="http://www.genealogical.com
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.genealogical.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.genealogical.com</A>)<BR>Instructor, African-American Research, <A href="http://genclass.com/" target=_blank>GenClass.com</A> (<A href="http://www.genclass.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.genclass.com</A>)<BR>National African-American Genealogy Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner)</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br> </body></html>