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This project centers around rewriting the [[United States Census|U.S. census]] page and all the state census pages, such as [[Pennsylvania Census|Pennsylvania Census]]. The project is being run by [[User:Diltsgd|Diltsgd]]. [[User:Ritcheymt|Ritcheymt]] is also assisting with scoping the project, defining sub-tasks, and recruiting volunteers.  
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This project centers around rewriting the [[United States Census|U.S. census]] page and all the state census pages, such as [[Pennsylvania Census|Pennsylvania Census]]. The project is being run by [[User:Diltsgd|Diltsgd]]. [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]] is also assisting with scoping the project, defining sub-tasks, and recruiting volunteers.  


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=== Requirement Backlog  ===
=== Requirement Backlog  ===
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=== Related pages  ===


[[FamilySearch Wiki:Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article|FamilySearch Wiki:Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article]]
=== Related&nbsp;pages&nbsp;  ===


[[Category:WikiProject_United_States|U.S. Census]]
[[FamilySearch Wiki:Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article|FamilySearch Wiki:Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article]]

Revision as of 12:38, 29 June 2009

This project centers around rewriting the U.S. census page and all the state census pages, such as Pennsylvania Census. The project is being run by Diltsgd. Ritcheymt is also assisting with scoping the project, defining sub-tasks, and recruiting volunteers.

Task Tracker[edit | edit source]

Requirement (AKA story)  Task Task in
progress
Diltsgd
 
Task in
progress
Hardestypn
Task in
progress
Hendricksonp
Task in
progress
Kirkbe
Task in
progress
Pipkin
Task in
progress
Ritcheymt
 
Hrs. est. Hrs. left Task 
complete
Story 
complete
 
 


Requirement Backlog[edit | edit source]

Category Requirement (AKA story)  Priority
by
Diltsgd
 
Priority
by
Hardestypn
Priority
by
Hendricksonp
Priority
by
Kirkbe
Priority
by
Pipkin
Priority
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Ritcheymt
 
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  Federal Census

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Types of Census   State, Territory, and Colonial Census 34

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Types of Census Census Substitutes 36 29 31 24
Types of Census Veteran Schedule 1890 35 25 20 29 19
Types of Census Mortality Schedules 33 24 19 28 18
Types of Census

Native American Population schedules

(1910)

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Types of Census Slave Schedules 30 18 17 23 16
Types of Census

Veteran Schedules

(Including 1840)

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Types of Census Agricultural Schedules 29 16 13 27 14
Types of Census Industrial Schedules 28 15 12 9 13
Types of Census

Defective Schedules

(1880)

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Types of Census LDS Church Census N/A 4 14 10 7
Types of Census Native American Tribal Rolls (or Reservation) 26 3 15 5 6
Types of Census School Census 13 2 1 8 5
Location/Availability Ancestry 38 37 35 39
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Location/Availability

Record Search

(FamilySearch)

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Location/Availability Steve Morse's Site 20 22 24 34
Location/Availability Census Finder 2 23 25 36
Location/Availability FHL Favorites 12 21 14 33
Location/Availability NARA (Link to Catalog films) 10 33 32 32
Location/Availability

Use Search Engines to Find Statewide Census Record

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Location/Availability State Achives & Libraries 14 35 30 31
Location/Availability

US Genweb (Links to state recs,

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11 13 13 30
Location/Availability Rootsweb 15 12 29
Location/Availability Footnote.com 16 10 11 27
Location/Availability Cyndi's List 18 20 15 28
Location/Availability Check all book references in google books 17 9 9 12 26
Location/Availability FHL Films (link to FHL Collection Entry) 10 32 10 4 25
Architecture or Style Guidelines for footnotes and bibliography 9 42 22 42
Architecture or Style Census Template for US 1 41 8 26 11
Architecture or Style Census Template for States 23 40 7 41 10
Architecture or Style Do One County Page example 3 8 6 3 9
Architecture or Style Update Links (Maintenance) 8 7 5 21 3
Architecture or Style FAQ's 4 6 4 2 2
Methodolgy How to find the Person 24 39 36 23
Methodolgy Content per census year 7 28 38 22
Methodolgy

How to use the information found 1790--1840

1850--present

25 27 37 21
Methodolgy Abbreviations and terms in the census 19 26 19 20
Methodolgy Ethnic Groups 6 5 2 7 4
Methodolgy Periodicals (plus Eastman) 5 1 3 1 8

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