Hi Everyone, I am currently working on a transcription of th 1850 Census for Monterey County. While many surnames and given names are deciperable, I have come across numerous instances where either the handwriting is sloppy or the page is a little too faded for me to figure out how the name is supposed to be spelled. Among those I have been able to read, there are many occurrences where an "o" ending is used for a female and an "a" ending is used for a male. These I have left as is. I realize that the enumerator used a lot of phonetic spellings for the Hispanic names but in many cases it is very difficult to determine whether it a letter is a "w," "m," "ui," "a," "u," "i," "k," "h," etc. In an attempt to help figure out some of the Hispanic spellings, I transcribed the 1851 Assessment Roll for Monterey County. I was hoping that since the two lists were only a year apart, many of the same names would appear on both lists. Unfortunately the names I am having trouble with do not appear on the Assessment Roll. Hence my request. I would greatly appreciate any listings of Hispanic names that were known to be, or suspected of being, in the 1850 Monterey County Census. Misspellings as well as correct spellings are both welcome. Thank you, Anita C. Monterey County BTW, the 1850 Monterey County Census will be posted if I ever figure out the "elusive" names.