Use the stamped number for documentation. The exception is 1860 census - check the introduction page to determine the page sequence as there are two or more different numbers per page. The 1860 pages have numbers written in rather than stamped. W. David Samuelsen David James Revelle wrote: > > Regarding the discussion of censuses, > I have done considerable research with the missouri censuses > (though I haven't used the Broderbund products at all...), and I have > noticed that in many cases there are two apparent page numbers. One is a > number that looks like it was made by a rubber stamp (I assume that this > is the actual "page number" in the Big Book in which the census was > recorded), and the other is always handwritten. Which of these page > numbers is the proper one to cite when documenting the census as the > source? > > An example of this is sort of as follows: > > 1880 Census Boone Township, Franklin County, Missouri > Page No. 5 39 > Supervisor's Dist. No. 3 > Enumeration Dist. No. 68 > { Handwritten on left } {Rubber Stamped} > > David J. Revelle > 4409 Castleman #2W > St. Louis, MO 63110 > djr2@cec.wustl.edu -- ******************************************************************* W. David Samuelsen Will Testators Indexes Online Naturalization Records Indexes Online Census Records Indexes Online Visit http://www.wasatch.com/~dsam/sampubco *******************************************************************