| Census records are very often difficult to read because of handwriting,
microfilm quality, and spelling issues. Our early census takers were not
as well educated as we'd like them to have been, and even the people bearing
the names often could not spell them with the same consistency we are accustomed
to in this era. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well
as he could. These have been transcribed for you to the very best or our
abilities given the difficulties mentioned. Please be tolerant of what
you would consider "mistakes." If you can recognize the names you are looking
for, then it is a success. If not, then you may want to find a place where
you can view the originals so that you can judge for yourselves. Excessive
attention to outmoded spelling issues is the sign of a beginner in family
research. Those of you who have been at this a while are well aware of
the "spelling errors" in our early records and have learned to take them
in your stride. If you want to tell us what is right and what is wrong
with the transcription, your notes will be added to the Comment
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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project
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From Joyce M. Tice's Sullivan-Rutland
Genealogy Project
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All Pages of SRGP are presented with the
expectation of RECIPROCITY. If you are descended from these people, Joyce
needs your family updates to the PRESENT.
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PLEASE READ THIS SECTION
BEFORE USING THIS PAGE -
Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project was founded
in 1992 by Joyce M. Tice. Its purpose is to trace ALL the ancestors and
ALL the descendants of all persons who lived in and near Sullivan and Rutland
Townships in Tioga County PA. This includes people (descendants) to the
present day wherever they live, and ancestry on all lines, female included,
as far back as we can go. The project is about community and is extensive
in its scope. It traces the pioneers in their immigration from New England
and elsewhere, and it traces the emmigrations to the west. At this writing
there are over 77,000 individuals in its database with connections to Sullivan
and Rutland Townships. Some people lived their entire life here and others
spent only brief time in the communities of this locale. The project includes
them all. Ultimately it will include as much life history on each
person as can be collected inlcuding, census, tax, church, Bible, school,
newspaper, military, birth-death-marriage records as can be found - also
photographs. If you are using these pages and using the information included,
it is expected that you are willing to reciprocate by providing information
to this vast community genealogy. I have helped thousands of researchers
by presenting and developing this massive site, and I ask that you help
me in return with my community project by providing me all that you have
available in this scope. This 1880 census has been annotated by me with
the ID for the person in the project and burial location if I know it.
When you write me please reference both the SRGP ID and the particualr
web page where you found it. I am looking forward to a mutually beneficial
exchange and the further development of this massive library to preserve
the memory of the lives of our community predecessors . Joyce M. Tice |
