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From: "J.Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] census formats
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:19:26 -0500
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Thanks for everyone's help on this issue - a lot of good information has
been posted here in response to my question about census formats. Bob, one
of the specific censuses that I am viewing in which the head-of-households
are listed in loose alpabetical order is the 1820 federal census for Sumner
Co. TN. Next door is Davidson Co. and its census lists the households in
the order of visitation, so it was not uniform by census year or state.
Jeanne Johnson, Tarpon Springs, FL


----- Original Message -----
From: "bob gillis" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] census formats


> "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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