Census enumerators sometimes made “errors” that actually were beneficial to researchers. For instance, they entered more information than they were instructed to write down. One such example shows that an enumerator in St. Louis apparently recorded the names of slaves in the slave schedule (as well as some data on the slave owners)! For similar cases, see Alycon Trubey Pierce, "In Praise of Errors Made by Census Enumerators," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 81 (March 1993): 51-55. Have you found “errors” in your census research?
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CategoriesAuthorI am a professional genealogist specializing in tracing the lives of African Americans. I earned my Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama. |