Thank you all for your prompt answers. Mike More solved this puzzle with the following "That is the date when he took the information. If you scroll to the next pages, you will see 11th April; going backward 8th April. He had completed the first 8 lines on your page on the 8th, took the 9th off and was tracking the date when he picked up again. Might be his signature afterwards: A Johnston, Enum. Some enumerators did this. Then you know the actual date of enumeration. Unfortunately, you don't know if the information is as of that date or if he followed the instructions and recorded the information as of 2 April 1871 :-)" Marjorie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 4:27 PM Subject: [ONTARIO] Need help -- Ancestry, 1871 Census, Column 23 > On the following page, which I found in 1871 census of Ontario, under name > of William DEGEER, married to Sarah RODMAN. Line 9 > > http://search.ancestry.ca/iexec/?htx=View&r=5543&dbid=1578&iid=4396619_00061&fn=William&ln=Degeer&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1386406 > > there is a Column 23 -- Date of Operations & Remarks, which I do not > understand > > 10th April (cannot decipher remainder) > > Any help would be very much appreciated > > Marjorie Fisher > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message