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From: Karla Huebner <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Tip of the day: Census people
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 10:03:04 -0400
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Or even if you don;t add the servants and miscellaneous stray people to
your dataset, consider putting them in your census memo. I generally say
something like "The family was enumerated with Joseph Tombas, a 17 year old
servant born in Hungary."

Karla Huebner

At 05:44 PM 8/31/02 -0500, you wrote:

>If you do not find them -- any person who you cannot identify as kinfolk
>-- you might consider adding this person to your dataset. Make them a
>witness to the census. Sometimes these people will appear where you would
>never expect!
>
>Example:
>1860 Newton County, Missouri
>HH 511-509: William M. Boyd 47 Tn, Dorinda 36 Al, Q.C. 23 Tn., John M. 19
>Mo, Samuel D. 17 Mo., William 14, James 10 Mo., Bailey 6 Mo, Granville 1
>Mo, Mo., Mary E. Lacy 13 Mo, Sophia Villinme 17 Switzerland, servant.
>
>Then on 14 July 1864 in Ellis County, Texas:
>William Y. Boyd m. Sophia E. Vilenmy. She was born 30 Sep 1842.
>
>William Y. Boyd was the nephew of William M. Boyd. I am betting the two
>Sophias are one and the same!
>
>Linda

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