1830 Census Extract Instructions

STEP 1 - ASSIGN YOURSELF A STATE

a. Go to the 1830 Census Extracts page. You can quickly get to this page by going to the WRG website and entering "1830" in the search box.

b. Pick a state and click on it to view that page.

c. Click on the "edit this page" tab at the top.

d. On the line that says "Current Transcriber: none", change "none" to your name, then click on the "Save page" button. This will make sure that two people don't try to work on the same state at the same time. If you decide not to continue working on a state, just remove your name and save the page again.

STEP 2 - GATHER THE LIST

a. Go to ancestry.com (or another census source) and do a search for the surname Whitney for the location you have chosen to work on.

b. Copy that list into a text file, in the following format:

 U.S. Census, South Carolina, Barnwell County, page 132
 Rachel Whitney

 U.S. Census, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Ward 3, page 67  Archibald Whitney

 U.S. Census, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Ward 3, page 47  Mary Whitney

c. Note that for consistency, we'd like the locations in this format.

d. You'll need to click the "View Record" link to get the page numbers from Ancestry.

e. The order of the list should stay as Ancestry displays it - alphabetical by county, and within a county by the town name.

f. Do another search for "Whitny" and if any are found, manually add them to your list.

STEP 3 - EXTRACT THE RECORDS

a. For each Whitney on your list, view the original record and carefully extract the information into your list. Here is an example:

 U.S. Census, South Carolina, Barnwell County, page 132
 Rachel Whitney 0000100000000-0012000100000-100000-100000-000000-000000-7

b. Put a 0 for any blank column.

c. If you have a column that has the number 10 or higher, surround the number in parentheses, like this: 000(10)10001.....

d. Be very careful that you get the exact number of 0's

STEP 4 - POST YOUR RESULTS

Once you've extracted a few and are ready to save them (done for now, etc.), do the following:

a. Go to the 1830 Census Extracts page http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/1830. You can quickly get to this page by going to the WRG website and entering "1830" in the search box.

b. Click on the state you assigned yourself to view that page.

c. Click on the "edit this page" tab at the top.

d. Paste in your extracted records at the bottom.

e. Select the "Save page" button to save.

You are welcome to type your extractions directly onto your page, or use another tool such as notepad and then paste it into the website later. Whichever you prefer.