Matt You assumption is correct as to the instructions given the census takers. However not all of them followed the rules. So you always need to aware that the count may be 3 16-26 plus 1 16-18. WARNING remember that the people listed are not necessarily related to the head of the household. They are just people living in his house or farm. They could be his children, grandchildren, nephew and neices, hired hands, or orphans taken in either for charity or for pay by the county. Julia Coldren-Walker FamRSearch@aol.com