Hi listers: The unusual "ns" entries in the "N"index for the Sussex County, 1850 census are to be explained as follows. The enumeratores used their own judgement in making entries, some were poor spellers; ie Easter for Esther, etc., and there were many variations; which, at times, were a puzzle for the transcriber (at least for me) re how to transcribe without confusing future readers of the transcription. In the case of Byram Township, the enumerator chose to leave lines 41 and 42 blank on most pages, for some unknown reason. I was afraid that if I left them blank on the transcription, the reader would not be sure whether or not I had inadvertantly omitted entries for these lines. Hence, I put in "ns" for "No Surname" and "n n" for "No Name". In the remarks field, I put "No entry on this line.", but, of course this would not show in the index. Then, when the computer indexed the names, all of these entries fell in the "N" listing because of the "ns" surname!! Sorry to have caused this confusion. Wil