This folder contains two files.
1) AlphaHeads: a pseudo-alphabetical listing of heads of families contained
in Kinsmen. It is more or less an index of the families I have found.
Legend for Alphaheads:
Col A=My Reference # Col D=Given Name
Col B=Census Page and house # Col E=AgeCol F=Census year
Col C=Surname Col G=App. Year born [F-E)
Col H=Notes
2) Kinsmen: it should be used more than any other for census material. It contains
the important information contained in the miscellaneous and spreadsheet files.
What follows is a description of my shorthand for the entries.
NOTE: THOSE GROUPED TOGETHER ARE THOSE I THINK ARE IN THE SAME FAMILY. THOSE WITH AT
LEAST ONE BLANK LINE BETWEEN THEM ARE THOSE I THINK ARE IN DIFFERENT FAMILIES OR
I JUST DON�T KNOW!!!!!
As an example:
1900-80-183=HEINRICH (listed as Heinrichs): Joseph(1819) [ID=Aust 1860] &
Anna(1841) [{5-5} ID=Aust 1860] + Ferdinand(1871) + Carolina
Kainer(1887) [servant] + Joseph Roeder(1880) [ID=Aust 1900. Listed
as Reder. Laborer]. [Fay 8-4343]
indicates census year 1900, page #80
house visited=183, then surname(spelling), : Given name(app. year of birth)
"ID=" = Immigrated from Austria in 1860,
"&" signifies wife,
"{5-5}" signifies had 5 children and all 5 survive on the date,
"+ " signifies children at home + others in household
"[Fay 8-4343]" signifies Fayette County precinct 8
with -4343 meaning my reference # to spreadsheet.
I realize that this form of entry may be confusing to most people (after
working on it for years, I sometimes still confuse myself), but I'm hesitant to
put it in prose form -- I AM NOT A WRITER.
Anyway, I hope it informs, amuses, bemuses, or entertains the reader. If it
does, I'm glad it helped. It it doesn't, I'm sorry I wasted your time with it.