You know there were three sets of all census records ! The first set was the county one and it was the most accurate. At least you had a chance the census taker knew the family and the accents were the same and understood and it was written down for the first time. Then they made a hand written copy and sent it to the state. This is census copy no. 2 ! Often the first one sat in a cellar at the courthouse on books and in some cases on cards. These still exist in some places. Here in Texas I have opened the drawers and there they were all undisturbed for no telling how long. Then the State made a copy on the Official books to send to Washington. That is why sometimes you can't find the right page from an index book because the index was for the US copy and you have on film the State copy. In many cases the local copy has the complete name . someone copying at the county to state or state to Washington put in the initials only cause it was easier. It pays to poke around the courthouse. And the courthouse Clerks rarely even know the thing is right under their noses. They don't know what they have. susan in Texas