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Vincent
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Volume 5
1900 Census Index
Compiled by
Sheridan Eugene Vincent
and
Cecil LaVerne Vincent
An Index of the Vincent Family for the entire 1900 Census from
Soundex Records
18,097 Individuals are
indexed in the 614 pages, Hardbound
The book is available from and make payment to
Sheridan E. Vincent
PO Box 16005
Rochester, NY 14616
E-mail address:
svincent@frontiernet.net
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Background on the Project
As we enter the new millennium, it seems fitting
to look back 100 years in the history of the Vincent Family. This book
continues a series of publications titled Vincent Family Records, which
document vital records of the family. Volumes One and Two with the
contributions by Phyllis (Vincent) Owen indexed many census records through
1850. In this Volume Five, an index of the 1900 United States Census for the
entire country has been prepared from the Soundex indexes. Census records are
some of the most useful records for genealogy. In addition to enumerating the
individuals, family relationships are often recorded. Also important is the
identification of the location of the family's residence.
The 1900 census was significant for several
reasons. The 1890 census was lost in a fire, so there was a 20-year gap in the
census information. It was the only year that included the month of birth in
addition to the year. Significantly, it was the first year where an index was
prepared for all entries. The Soundex for 1880 only indexed families that had
children less than 10 years of age.
The 1900 Soundex is available on microfilm from
the National Archive. The Soundex is an index of those in the census using a
system where names that have similar sounds are indexed together. The Soundex
code for the Vincent surname is V-525. Surnames Vincent, Vinsent, Vinson,
VanZandt, etc. are all together in the index. Thus is avoids the loss of a record
owing to a spelling error by the census taker. (Note that in this index, we did
not record the variations Vinson and VanZandt with some exceptions. The
microfilm records are of the handwritten cards that were produced when the
Soundex was prepared during the Depression. Not all of the information from the
census was transcribed onto the card; however, the information from the card is
very beneficial to genealogy research.
The project to index the 1900 census for the
Vincent family began 20-years ago when I began to transcribe the Vincent
references in the Soundex for states where I was trying to identify the
families that had migrated from New York into the Midwest--Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania and others. To have a full record, I copied
the information by hand from the microfilm to a notebook. It became my
intention to complete this for the entire United States. I began to develop a
Microsoft Access Database of these records by again transcribing the
information from the notebooks to the database.
Several years ago I purchased a used microfilm
reader and the process was simplified, as I could now copy the information
directly into the computer database from the microfilms, which were available
by rental from the National Archive. After completing several more states, it
was obvious that the project would take a number of years to complete. One day,
I asked my father, Cecil Laverne Vincent, if he would want to spend some time
transcribing the information. He volunteered and proceeded over a nine-month
timeframe to search the index cards for Vincent's and input the data into the
database for all of the rest of the states. His patience in reading the, at
times, difficult handwriting and diligence to the goal produced about 12,000
entries of the total of 18,097. With up to 18 data fields for each Soundex
Entry, there was a total of 1.4 million pieces of information recorded in the
database. I am extremely grateful to my father's participation in the project
and the many hours of reading and typing. Thanks, Dad!
Once the data was in the Access database, it was
all combined into one large data table. Using another computer program called
Seagate Crystal Reports, the information was printed into the format of this
book with a laser printer. The camera-ready pages were brought to a printer
where they were duplicated using a xerographic copier. The printed pages were
then brought to a binder, where they were bound as this hard copy book. The
advancement of the computer capabilities to be able to publish this book is
both timely and wonderful. One can only wonder what tools and capabilities
genealogists will have in the year 2100 looking back one hundred years to our
lifetime.
Sheridan
Eugene Vincent
Rochester, New York
May 1, 1999
Book Layout
This book is made up of three separate indices
that have been prepared in three sections:
Section 1 is sorted by the locality -- by state, then by county,
then by town. With this index the genealogist can search for Vincent family
members based on their resident locality. In this section the family unit as
reported in the census is maintained in the order it was listed on the Soundex
card All Vincent and allied family surnames are included in the Locality Index.
Pages, cream-colored, in this section are numbered "Section 1, Page 1 to
323."
Section 2 breaks out the surnames associated with the Vincent
families in the Soundex. Both individuals who were heading a household where
Vincent's lived or individuals that were living with Vincent heads of households
are included in the index. We did not generally include individuals who were
classified as employees or boarders. Pages, blue-colored, in this section are
numbered "Section 2, Page 1 to 19."
Section 3 includes individuals with the surname Vincent or a close
spelling variation. The Vincent individuals are sorted by their first name and
within each list of first names by the year of birth. For example, all of the
John Vincent's will be printed together in the order of their birth years starting
with the oldest and listing to the youngest John Vincent. Note that if the
birth year or first name was not available, the individual will be moved to the
top of the group, also, in preparing this index and attempting to keep it to a
manageable size, we generally did not include the surnames Vinson, VanZandt,
etc.. Pages, white, in this section are numbered "Section 3, Page 1 to
263."
Interesting Facts from the Census Information
There are 18,097 individuals identified in
this book, with 16,945 having the surname of Vincent or close variant spelling.
The remaining 1,152 were individuals with surnames other than Vincent who were
either heads of households having Vincent residents, or living with a Vincent
family.
The most Vincent's in one state was New
York with 1944; Louisiana was second with 1305 individuals. The oldest Vincent
male was John Vincent, a Negro man residing at Point Coupee, Ward #10,
Louisiana who was 114 years old, born in 1786. Second oldest was Spencer
Vincent, a Negro man residing at Sylacouga Pct. #11, Talladega Co., Alabama,
who was 102 years old.
The oldest Vincent female was Margaret
Vincent, a white woman who was 94 years old, residing at Delhi Township,
Hamilton County, Ohio. Second oldest was Susan Vincent, a Negro woman living in
Hanover, Jefferson County aged 92.
There were five people named Vincent
Vincent.
Some of the more unusual names: Poke
Vincent, Bully Vincent, Merabean Victor Hugo Vincent,
There were 5103 white heads of Households
with the surname Vincent and 886 households who were black.