Ever question some of the answers given on the census. All the instruction for the different ones Instructions for US Census Takers In Eastman today http://blog.eogn.com/2015/06/26/instructions-for-census-takers/ https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/census_instructions/ Do some of the entries in U.S. census records not make sense? I am not referring to the handwriting but rather the various entries in the different columns across the page. Why did they enter the information like that? What does it mean? Some columns are always filled in but others are sometimes blank. Why? In the 1790 through 1870 collections of census information, the records were created by Assistant Marshals. A March 3, 1879 act replaced the U.S. Marshals with specially hired and trained...