Thank you for your response, Karen! It's a shame that the answers were overwritten---any idea if the actual answers are available somewhere? I wasn't able to find anything online about it--hoping someone else has had experience with it. Thanks! ~Susan On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Karen Pritchett <kpritchett@mkp-law.com> wrote: > Susan, I found the following: > "The 1910 census (column 30) indicates whether the person was a "survivor > of > the Union or Confederate Army or Navy." The answers are "UA" for Union > Army, > "UN" for Union Navy, "CA" for Confederate Army, and "CN" for Confederate > Navy. These clues lead to military service and pension records; see Civil > War Records and Confederate Pension Records for more information. > > > A word of caution: On the 1910 census, columns 30-32 are often > "overwritten" > with numbers like 2-1-0-0 or 6-9-0-0. These numbers are not the answers for > columns 30-32, but were data summaries used by Census Bureau tabulators in > Washington, DC, to compile statistical data. > > > The 1930 census (column 31) indicates Civil War veterans with the > abbreviation "CW." > > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Susan > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:41 PM > To: nybrooklyn-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BKLYN] need help with 1910 census & question about > claimingUS-born vs. immigrant > > > I have to admit that I never really paid attention to the right-hand side > of > the census pages, but since one of my ancestors died in June 1918, I have > very little information to go on, so I'm trying to look for more clues > about > who he was. If anyone has a minute, and wouldn't mind taking a look at the > census for Steven Harrington, let me know & I'll email it to you. > > Here are the last 3 questions & their answers: > where it asks "whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or > Navy," > the answer is "4" > where it asks "whether blind (both eyes)" the answer is "3" > where it asks "whether deaf or dumb" the answer is "x" > > What do these answers mean? Does 4 mean he's a survivor of one of those 4 > options? > What could 3 mean regarding his vision? > Does "x" mean that he's neither deaf nor dumb? > > I'd appreciate any insight anyone could lend. The family lore states he > was > born in the US, the census states New York (yet you can clearly see that > the > enumerator started to write "Ireland" at first and then changed it to "New > York.") I don't know what the benefit would be to state that the Head of > the Household was a Natural-born citizen vs. an immigrant - do any of you? > Would he not have to prove it? I have had zero luck in finding him on > anything but this particular census, the birth certificates for his > children, and his death certificate. I was excited at the thought of > finding his WW! Draft Card, but sadly (not to mention frustrating as hell!) > he died about a month before his age group was to sign up!! I had such > high hopes when I finally found his death certificate, but his wife must > have supplied the information and listed NOTHING for a date of birth; > "James" as his father's name; and "Ellen" as the name of his mother, > however > his wife's name was Ellen, so I'm not comfortable considering that as fact > until I can get more backup. At the time of his death, he was working for > the transit authority - would any such records exist regarding a possible > pension? > > I know that when he died, his family (who supposedly lived close enough to > visit weekly) stopped having contact with them because times were tough for > them too, they had no money either, and allegedly weren't happy that they'd > had so many children, etc So, I have no other information on that family. > I've tried searching for a James Harrington with a wife named Ellen or > Helen, etc in the are, to no avail. It's as if he didn't exist until his > first daughter was born in 1905 because I have her birth record! There's > no > record of their marriage, either. > > I'd appreciate any suggestions...Hoping that "new eyes" would see things > I've been missing! > > Thanks in advance! > ~Susan Curley > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >