You are reading it correctly. The special differentiation in the male columns was to include all males of 'fighting' age, and also match the female side. They were to make two marks if a male met two categories. They decided it was too confusing and got rid of the concept of tweaking the categories in 1830 and used columns of tens. There are different templates for the various censuses around. Yours may be a simplified version, because the males and females did not have the exact same columns. As long as you are aware of this, it won't be so confusing. Hope this helps. Rich
Robert Carneal wrote: > > If anyone has a copy of the 1820 Census Form, please explain how it was used. > > Under Males, Females, Male Slaves, Female Slaves. etc., the ages are > divided confusingly, it appears. [perhaps I don't know how to read it?] > There is a column for "To 10," "10-16," "16-18" etc. > > To me, it appears as if some ages are valid in more than one column. If > there was a female in the house hold age 16, what column did the enumerator > count her in? The "10 -16" or "16-18" or perhaps both? > > I am trying to determine number of children from this census. > > Robert > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
