Need lookup of the 12 April 1930/Midway Town/Bullock Co/Al census for one: Levy Underwood. Couldn't read the names of his wife and children, and other's in his household. Thanks! Angie

Understand now, thanks! Angie

Thanks again for the explanation of Ditto or DO, I had honestly thought an abbreviation of a state. I guess it doesn't hurt asking questions so you don't run off on a tangend! Angie

Also watch for the abbreviation of "ditto" which was often used instead of the " symbol or the written word. That one is "Do", and if you aren't familiar with it, it might cause you to think that it's an abbreviation for a state when used in the place of birth column. For instance: John Brown 36 Farmer Alabama Annie 35 Do George 5 Do The above Do's indicate that both Annie and George were also born in Alabama, and was used as a shortcut for the word "ditto". I don't know why it wouldn't have been just as simple to write "AL" instead of "DO". Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hopper" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Ditto > > "Ditto" means "the same" A lot of times you will see this symbol " used > to indicate ditto. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:41 AM > Subject: [AL-CEN] Ditto > > > > Why is the word or the use of "Ditto" on the census records used? What > does > > it mean or is there any significance to the word? Found alot this word or > > term used on the census records. > > > > Angela > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with > your state abbreviation ) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I.e. in this context it means "the same as on the preceding line". In older documents you may also see it abbreviated "do". On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Mary Hopper wrote: > > "Ditto" means "the same" A lot of times you will see this symbol " used > to indicate ditto. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:41 AM > Subject: [AL-CEN] Ditto > > > > Why is the word or the use of "Ditto" on the census records used? What > does > > it mean or is there any significance to the word? Found alot this word or > > term used on the census records. > > > > Angela > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with > your state abbreviation ) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

"Ditto" means "the same" A lot of times you will see this symbol " used to indicate ditto. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: [AL-CEN] Ditto > Why is the word or the use of "Ditto" on the census records used? What does > it mean or is there any significance to the word? Found alot this word or > term used on the census records. > > Angela > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with your state abbreviation ) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Why is the word or the use of "Ditto" on the census records used? What does it mean or is there any significance to the word? Found alot this word or term used on the census records. Angela

1910 Jefferson County, Alabama - 37th Precinct - Birmingham City, 3rd Ward - April 16, 1910 - page 168 1911 14th Avenue 37 - Partin, Steele H., head; M W 26 Md 1/1 year; TN TN TN; pressman/newspaper office; renting house Myrtle C., wife; F W 20 Md 1/1 year; AL AL AL Good luck! Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:14 PM Subject: [AL-CEN] 1910 / Jefferson Co AL / Parton > Dear Linda, > THANK YOU SO MUCH for finding Zachary T. Parton's wife and two of his > children on the 1910 Census for Jefferson Co AL. Since his son Steel Parton was not > with his mother and sisters, I am assuming that he was married and in his own > household. I am trying to track every member of the family. Could you do a > lookup for Steel Parton/Partin for the 1910 Jefferson Co AL Census? I would like > to know the names and ages of everyone in his household. > Thank you again for your most appreciated help. > Joy > > 1900 Jefferson county, Alabama - Precinct 21 - Birmingham, Ward 6 - June 5, > 1900 - page 194 > 419 South 24th Street > 111 - Parton, Mary A., head; Dec 1843, age 56; married/28 years; 5 > children/4 living; TN NC NC; renting house > Lillie H., dau; Jun 1875, age 24, single; TN TN TN > Farre M. F., dau; May 1878, age 22; single; TN TN TN > Steel M., son; Jun 1884, age 15; TN TN TN > <<< > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Dear Linda, THANK YOU SO MUCH for finding Zachary T. Parton's wife and two of his children on the 1910 Census for Jefferson Co AL. Since his son Steel Parton was not with his mother and sisters, I am assuming that he was married and in his own household. I am trying to track every member of the family. Could you do a lookup for Steel Parton/Partin for the 1910 Jefferson Co AL Census? I would like to know the names and ages of everyone in his household. Thank you again for your most appreciated help. Joy 1900 Jefferson county, Alabama - Precinct 21 - Birmingham, Ward 6 - June 5, 1900 - page 194 419 South 24th Street 111 - Parton, Mary A., head; Dec 1843, age 56; married/28 years; 5 children/4 living; TN NC NC; renting house Lillie H., dau; Jun 1875, age 24, single; TN TN TN Farre M. F., dau; May 1878, age 22; single; TN TN TN Steel M., son; Jun 1884, age 15; TN TN TN <<< - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Thankyou for your reply. J.T. Franklin is listed in the 1870 Coosa County Census age 25 with his 3 year old son William and his housekeeper L.Simons.By the 1880 census his son William and Lucy Simons{Simmons}is listed with the willliam and Nancy Stubblefield household ,William Franklin as his cousin and Lucy as William Stubblefields grandmother.I believe J.T. to be dead at this time. I thought since Benjamin Dekalb Franklin was listed in the 1850 Coosa Census with his son John that my J.T. Franklin was his son ,but I keep runnung into people saying Benjamin's son was Johm Easom Frankli.and not a John T. Franklin. I found a marriage listing in Coosa for a John T. Franklin and a Selia Dean 1866.The William Franklin listed is supposed to be William B. Franklin they missed his middle initial in the 1870 and 1880 census.One of Benjamin Dekalbs neices Elizabeth Kelly married a William Stubblefield and I believe their son William is the one listed in the 1880 census with my William Franklin {his cousin}.That is another reason I was leaning toward Benjamin;s son John being my J.T. J.T. Franklin would have been around 15 in the 1860 census. It would be great to find him with his parents or family in the 1860 census.With all the Franklin's living in Mississippi and georgia no telling where he came from. I am very thankful for any help. Thankyou, Tammy

I do so many lookups every day, I can't remember who said what as recently as this morning, Terry, and I've already tossed the transcript. It should be in the Archives by now though. Never mind. It was still in my sent files. She was shown as HOH and married 28 years Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Re: 1900 / Jefferson / PARTON / PARTIN, etc. > Linda > Did the wife's census records indicate she was married or widowed? > > Linda Murray wrote: > > >Joy, > > > >I had already looked for him thinking as the eldest son, he may have been > >the one indexed as HOH. > >Just to be sure, I did another search for him in both Alabama and Tennessee. > >I checked all those Partin spellings for Mark, Marcus, Alex, Alexander, M > >initial, etc. and found only one Mark. He was aged 85, born in SC, and > >indexed in Marengo County, Alabama. > > > >Sorry. > > > >Linda in Georgia > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:20 PM > >Subject: [AL-CEN] Re: 1900 / Jefferson Co AL / PARTON / PARTIN, etc. > > > > > > > > > >>Dear Linda, > >>Since you found Zachariah/Zachary Taylor Parton/Partin's wife and children > >> > >> > >on > > > > > >>the Jefferson Co AL 1900 Census and 1910 Census without him, I am > >> > >> > >wondering > > > > > >>if he was with his oldest son. Before I give Zachary up as dying before > >> > >> > >the > > > > > >>1900 Census, could you do a lookup for Mark Alexander PARTON/PARTIN for > >> > >> > >1900? I > > > > > >>am hoping he also moved to Jefferson Co AL, but it may be Mongomery, AL > >> > >> > >from > > > > > >>TN. I would like to know the names and ages of everyone in Mark Parton's > >>houshold. > >>Thank you for your help. > >>Joy > >> > >> > >> > >>Zachariah (Zachary) Taylor Partin/Parton born about 1848-9 > >>Mary Alexander Partin born about 1851-2 > >>Mark Alexander Partin, born about 1873-4 > >>Lillie Anne Partin, born June 1875 > >>Farrah M. Partin, born May 1878 > >>Steel Hightower Partin, born 24 June 1884 > >> > >> > >>==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > >>Free Soundex code converter > >>http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > >> > >>============================== > >>Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >>Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > >To view completed census transcriptions online > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To transcribe a census please volunteer at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/map.htm Or contact Earnie Breeding at [email protected] for the state census transcriptions for AL & TX > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

The 1900 index shows: Mary Grove, age 23, black, born in AL in Mobile, 8th Ward Mary E. Grove, age 68, white, born in VA, in Sumter County Mary Groves, age 70, white, born MA in Dallas County Mary E. Groves, age 30, white, born AL, in Montgomery No M-initialed Grove or Groves indexed in the state at all. Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Stamper-Youmans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: [AL-CEN] Mobile/1900/Grove > Trying to find a Mary Grove/Groves on the 1900 census- she was last seen on the 1880 census in sixth ward of Mobile, probationist for the Church home for Orphans. > Born 1855-1857 in Alabama. > > Thanks for any help! > Suzanne > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with your state abbreviation ) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Linda Did the wife's census records indicate she was married or widowed? Linda Murray wrote: >Joy, > >I had already looked for him thinking as the eldest son, he may have been >the one indexed as HOH. >Just to be sure, I did another search for him in both Alabama and Tennessee. >I checked all those Partin spellings for Mark, Marcus, Alex, Alexander, M >initial, etc. and found only one Mark. He was aged 85, born in SC, and >indexed in Marengo County, Alabama. > >Sorry. > >Linda in Georgia >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:20 PM >Subject: [AL-CEN] Re: 1900 / Jefferson Co AL / PARTON / PARTIN, etc. > > > > >>Dear Linda, >>Since you found Zachariah/Zachary Taylor Parton/Partin's wife and children >> >> >on > > >>the Jefferson Co AL 1900 Census and 1910 Census without him, I am >> >> >wondering > > >>if he was with his oldest son. Before I give Zachary up as dying before >> >> >the > > >>1900 Census, could you do a lookup for Mark Alexander PARTON/PARTIN for >> >> >1900? I > > >>am hoping he also moved to Jefferson Co AL, but it may be Mongomery, AL >> >> >from > > >>TN. I would like to know the names and ages of everyone in Mark Parton's >>houshold. >>Thank you for your help. >>Joy >> >> >> >>Zachariah (Zachary) Taylor Partin/Parton born about 1848-9 >>Mary Alexander Partin born about 1851-2 >>Mark Alexander Partin, born about 1873-4 >>Lillie Anne Partin, born June 1875 >>Farrah M. Partin, born May 1878 >>Steel Hightower Partin, born 24 June 1884 >> >> >>==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >>Free Soundex code converter >>http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter >> >>============================== >>Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >>Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> > > > >==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >To view completed census transcriptions online >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >

Trying to find a Mary Grove/Groves on the 1900 census- she was last seen on the 1880 census in sixth ward of Mobile, probationist for the Church home for Orphans. Born 1855-1857 in Alabama. Thanks for any help! Suzanne

Tammy, I'm not sure what you need. If you need a census lookup for 1866, you probably are looking for a state census because the federal census comes only every ten years. I don't have any of the AL state enumerations, but if you need 1866, perhaps someone on the list can help, or at least tell you where to look. In case you meant 1860, I checked the index for that year and found eleven John Franklins (no John T. or JT) indexed in the state, but none in Coosa County. Would he have been indexed as head of household in 1860? Do you have any idea where and when he was born? In case he was still in the household of his parents, do you have any idea who they were? Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Tammy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: [AL-CEN] Coosa/1866/John Franklin > Might be listed as John T. or J.T. he might have already been married to a > Selia /Sella/Celia or any other version you could spell. > Thankyou > Tammy > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with your state abbreviation ) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Joy, I had already looked for him thinking as the eldest son, he may have been the one indexed as HOH. Just to be sure, I did another search for him in both Alabama and Tennessee. I checked all those Partin spellings for Mark, Marcus, Alex, Alexander, M initial, etc. and found only one Mark. He was aged 85, born in SC, and indexed in Marengo County, Alabama. Sorry. Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:20 PM Subject: [AL-CEN] Re: 1900 / Jefferson Co AL / PARTON / PARTIN, etc. > Dear Linda, > Since you found Zachariah/Zachary Taylor Parton/Partin's wife and children on > the Jefferson Co AL 1900 Census and 1910 Census without him, I am wondering > if he was with his oldest son. Before I give Zachary up as dying before the > 1900 Census, could you do a lookup for Mark Alexander PARTON/PARTIN for 1900? I > am hoping he also moved to Jefferson Co AL, but it may be Mongomery, AL from > TN. I would like to know the names and ages of everyone in Mark Parton's > houshold. > Thank you for your help. > Joy > > > > Zachariah (Zachary) Taylor Partin/Parton born about 1848-9 > Mary Alexander Partin born about 1851-2 > Mark Alexander Partin, born about 1873-4 > Lillie Anne Partin, born June 1875 > Farrah M. Partin, born May 1878 > Steel Hightower Partin, born 24 June 1884 > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Dear Linda, Since you found Zachariah/Zachary Taylor Parton/Partin's wife and children on the Jefferson Co AL 1900 Census and 1910 Census without him, I am wondering if he was with his oldest son. Before I give Zachary up as dying before the 1900 Census, could you do a lookup for Mark Alexander PARTON/PARTIN for 1900? I am hoping he also moved to Jefferson Co AL, but it may be Mongomery, AL from TN. I would like to know the names and ages of everyone in Mark Parton's houshold. Thank you for your help. Joy Zachariah (Zachary) Taylor Partin/Parton born about 1848-9 Mary Alexander Partin born about 1851-2 Mark Alexander Partin, born about 1873-4 Lillie Anne Partin, born June 1875 Farrah M. Partin, born May 1878 Steel Hightower Partin, born 24 June 1884

Might be listed as John T. or J.T. he might have already been married to a Selia /Sella/Celia or any other version you could spell. Thankyou Tammy

1910 Jefferson County, Alabama - Birmingham, Ward 4 - April 18, 1910 - page 42 - ED 52?/Sheet 4B 1208 12th Avenue 80 - Dusenberry, Ford M., head; M W 28 Md/7 years; TN TN TN; R___?/pool room; renting house Fara M., wife; F W 28 Md/7 years; 1 child/1 living; TN TN TN Fara A., dau; F W 3 S; born AL Partin, Mary A., mother-in-law; F W 67 Wd; 5 children/4 living; TN NC NC Kelly, Christian, brother-in-law; M W 31 Md/1 year; MO MO MO; car repairer/railroad Lillie C., sister-in-law; F W 32 Md/1 year; 0 children/0 living; TN TN TN Good luck, Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: [AL-CEN] Re: 1910/ Jefferson Co AL / PARTON > Linda, > Thank you so much for finding Mary Alexander Parton (wife of Zacariah/Zachary > Taylor Partin/Parton) and their children on the 1900 AL Census. I am so > excited that you found them even though not in Montogmery, AL -- now I am wondering > if Mary A. Parton and children were on the 1910 Jefferson Co AL Census? Could > you do a lookup for 1910 for them? > Thank you for your help. > Joy > > 1900 Jefferson county, Alabama - Precinct 21 - Birmingham, Ward 6 - June 5, > 1900 - page 194 > 419 South 24th Street > 111 - Parton, Mary A., head; Dec 1843, age 56; married/28 years; 5 > children/4 living; TN NC NC; renting house > Lillie H., dau; Jun 1875, age 24, single; TN TN TN > Farre M. F., dau; May 1878, age 22; single; TN TN TN > Steel M., son; Jun 1884, age 15; TN TN TN > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

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