Here is how I do a census event
EVENT/FACT: 1870 United States Federal Census
DESCRIPTION: population schedule
DATE: 20 Jul 1870
PLACE: , Perry, Mississippi, United States
NOTES:
James Simmons, age 49, white male, works at gris [sic] mill, value of real
estate $400, value of personal property $700, born in MS
Sallie Simmons, age 31, white female, keeping house, born in MS, unable to read
or write
Isaac Simmons, age 13, white male, farm hand, born in MS, unable to read or
write
Franklin Simmons, age 10, white male, farm hand, born in MS, unable to read or
write
Henry Simmons, age 8, white male, born in MS
Josephine Simmons, age 6, white female, born in MS
John Simmons, age 4, white male, born in MS
James Simmons age 4 months, white male, born in MS, born in Feb
Lizzie Simmons, age 30, white female, at home, born in MS, unable to write
Mary Simmons, age 3, white female, at home, born in MS
Here is what my source looks like:
1870 U.S. census, Perry County, Mississippi, population schedule, on Black
Creek, p. 54 [penned], dwelling 338, family 510, James Simmons household;
digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 Oct 2009); citing
National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 745.
In a report it prints like this:
1870 United States Federal Census: population schedule, 20 Jul 1870, Perry
Co, MS
James Simmons, age 49, white male, works at gris [sic] mill, value of
real estate $400, value of personal property $700, born in MS
Sallie Simmons, age 31, white female, keeping house, born in MS, unable
to read or write
Isaac Simmons, age 13, white male, farm hand, born in MS, unable to read
or write
Franklin Simmons, age 10, white male, farm hand, born in MS, unable to
read or write
Henry Simmons, age 8, white male, born in MS
Josephine Simmons, age 6, white female, born in MS
John Simmons, age 4, white male, born in MS
James Simmons age 4 months, white male, born in MS, born in Feb
Lizzie Simmons, age 30, white female, at home, born in MS, unable to write
Mary Simmons, age 3, white female, at home, born in MS
Michele
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