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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] census formats
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:52:48 -0500
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"J.Johnson" wrote:
>
> I have viewed early census images in which the names of the
> head-of-households are grouped in a loose alphabetical order. For instance,
> all the A surnames are written first, then the B surnames, then C surnames,
> etc. No doubt the census enumerator first recorded these households in the
> order that they were visited and then later grouped them in the alphabetical
> order that I viewed. My question: Was it customary for the first version
> to be discarded after the second version was created? If not, where would a
> researcher find the first version or does this vary by census location and
> census year?>

I think we can better answer your question if we were to know the state,
locality and year in question.

As I remember, the images for the 1790 Census in Gloucester MA are of a
transcription made many years later. The names are not in order but do
appear to be as they were enumerated.

bob gillis

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