The notation said that it indicates the person who provided the info. Peggy Rooney New Orleans Proud On Apr 19, 2012, at 11:53 PM, Joan Schaefer <joan_f_schaefer@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hello, > Perhaps this is a very old symbol, but I notice in my research in the > 1940 Census that a name will sometime be followed by an X within a > circle. It seems often, but not always, to be on a wife's name, > following the name of a male head of household. > Can someone tell me about that? > Thanks, > Joan Schaefer > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message