Can someone tell me which one of the five-digit groupings below is correct? One is from FTM, the other from Ancestry.com. I will say one thing FTM did not pay attention to the rule to put MALES in the first five digits? At least in Barren Co, KY. Leathel, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 Notes Field: Many records have a series of numbers within the notes field. Example: 01010-02210-06 The meaning of these numbers is as follows: The first five digits refer to males. The second five digits refer to females. The eleventh digit refers to free Negroes/Indians* in household. The twelfth (and thirteenth) digit(s) refer to slaves in the household. *These are the terms used in the census of this decade.(1810) The five-digit groupings break down as follows: 1st digit - number in household age 10 & under 2nd digit - number in household age 11-15 3rd digit - number in household age 16-20 4th digit - number in household age 21-45 5th digit - number in household age 46+ OR 1st digit - number in household age under10 2nd digit - number in household age 10-15 3rd digit - number in household age 16-25 4th digit - number in household age 26-44 5th digit - number in household age 45+

From the first page of the Glasgow (Barren County) KY 1810 census image: males under 10 years of age of 10 years & under 16 of 16 & under 26 including heads of families of 26 & under 45 including heads of families of 45 & upwards including heads of families females under 10 years of age of 10 years & under 16 of 16 & under 26 including heads of families of 26 & under 45 including heads of families of 45 & upwards including heads of families >Can someone tell me which one of the five-digit groupings below is >correct? One is from FTM, the other from Ancestry.com. I will say >one thing FTM did not pay attention to the rule to put MALES in the >first five digits? At least in Barren Co, KY. >Leathel, > >Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 > >Notes Field: Many records have a series of numbers within the notes >field. Example: 01010-02210-06 > >The meaning of these numbers is as follows: > > The first five digits refer to males. > The second five digits refer to females. > The eleventh digit refers to free Negroes/Indians* in household. > The twelfth (and thirteenth) digit(s) refer to slaves in the >household. > *These are the terms used in the census of this decade.(1810) > > The five-digit groupings break down as follows: > > 1st digit - number in household age 10 & under > 2nd digit - number in household age 11-15 > 3rd digit - number in household age 16-20 > 4th digit - number in household age 21-45 > 5th digit - number in household age 46+ > >OR > > 1st digit - number in household age under10 > 2nd digit - number in household age 10-15 > 3rd digit - number in household age 16-25 > 4th digit - number in household age 26-44 > 5th digit - number in household age 45+