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From: John Patterson <>
Subject: Re: HELP WITH READING CENSUS
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:23:45 -0400


Lisa,

You are a genius! Thanks for helping resolve this. I knew the CDs and
Census books were listed the ages differently, but since I am new to
census reading I didn't know the correct order. To all who submitted
helpful responses --- THANK YOU.

I have included a summary of the census issues for any who are
interested:

(1) Brooke County 1810 From FTM CD

Patterson, John State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 674 Ages
: 02201-2110100
Patterson, James State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages
: 01001-0020100
Patterson, Samuel State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages
: 12101-0000210
Patterson, Robert State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 693 Ages
: 01111-2020100

Read ages as: Females ages 0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Males
0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Negroes; Indians

(2) Brooke County 1810 From VA Census Book

Patterson, John State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 674 Ages
: 21101-0220100
Patterson, James State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages
: 00201-0100100
Patterson, Samuel State : VA Brooke Co.Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages
: 00002-1210110
Patterson, Robert State : VA Brooke Co.Year : 1810 Page # : 693 Ages
: 20201-0111100

Read ages as: Males ages 0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Females
0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Negroes; Indians

(3) 1790 Census for Washington County, Pennsylvania

John Patterson1 2 4Cecil Township
Read as: Name/Males over 16 including Head of Household/Males Under
16/Females/Township

(4) 1790 CENSUS PA
p.12PATTERSON, James 2-2-3-0
Read as: Name/Males over 16 including Head of Household/Males Under
16/Females/ Others

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John Patterson
Chesapeake, VA

Searching PATTERSON, POTTER, GIBSON, MCKINLEY, MCKIM, MCCREADY, WOODWARD
(Robert Patterson 1749-1829 m. Elizabeth PA>Brooke County VA/WV)

Lisa Bonar wrote:
>
> John,
> I had problems with the census info on the FTM CD's also. I called FTM
> because it was apparent to me that their census info was backwards. On all
> of the census info that I looked at on the FTM CD's, the female counts are
> first and the male counts are second. On the actual census records, the
> male counts are first and the female counts are second. One easy way to
> check your CD is to look for a female head of household. I hope this
> helps.
>
> Lisa
>
> Washington County surnames: ANDERSON, ANDREW, BONAR, CASTNER, DONAHEY,
> MCDONALD, MEALY, MILLER
>
> ----------
> From: John Patterson <>
> To:
> Subject: HELP WITH READING CENSUS
> Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 11:16 AM

> Could someone tell me which set are females and which are males in the census listings?
>
> Thanks,
> John Patterson
> Chespeake,VA
>

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