Phil Stevens wrote: > Hello guys , The Truth is : Everybody IS listed in / on the soundex cards > , Only the 1880 Soundex had children less than 10 years old listed , ALL > Others have EVERY Body , It matters Not what the last name is , Every > Family Group had a Card made for them , EACH person in the group was on that > card , IF there was a different Surname a separate card was made , WHICH > Says Enumerated with XXX name , and shows where to find it by Volume number > , etc Trust me Guys , I have looked at 1000`s of them cards > You see I live 20 minutes from the Archives , Phil > > > "bob gillis" <rpgillis@bellatlantic.net> wrote: > > > > > If a person has the same surname as the HoH then he/she will not be > > > in the Soundex. Look for the sons and you will probably find him > > > with one. > > > > Bob, are you sure this is correct? > > > > I have copied all the PENCEs out of all the soundexes and it seems > > to me in almost every instance a parent living with a child has a > > separate listing even if the surname is the same. In the soundex > > indexes it is only the spouse and the children with the same surname > > as the HOH who aren't indexed. All others appear to be - i.e., > > nieces, nephews, daughter-in-laws, grandchildren, parents, etc., and > > those with difference surnames. > > > > However, if you are looking at, say, the index to the 1920 census at > > Ancestry.com, then the same-name parent may not have a separate > > index entry. > > > > "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> First, I will go along with what Richard Pence says although I think I have seen people with the same surname such as a brother, parent or another relative of the HoH, not having a separate Soundex Entry with his given name. There is a Soundex Entry, ie separate card, for John Jones. There will be no entry for Hattie Jones his wife nor his children as they are on John's card. And I don't think there will be a separate card for Matilda Jones, John's mother living with them. She will be on John's card as will everyine living in the household. Perhaps different states were done differently. The way the codes and the names are sorted is different depending on the state. I wonder if the Soundex Coding and Sorting instructions are available from the Census Bureau or NARA. (Not how to code a name but whom to give a separate entry.) I did not mean that they were not on the cards. I meant they did not have a separate card with their given name. bob gillis bob gillis <rpgillis@bellatlantic.net>