I did go find it, and I agree that it looks like Canal something. The character at the end that looks like a dot with an small r on top of it, is probably an abreviation as some people in those days would abbreviate words like that, with a dot and the letter on top of the dot. When I searched for Susan Mayer or Magen I did not find her in N Manheim, so I just looked through the census for that area to find her and it did look more like a Moyer than a Mayer, but many of those names were spelled a number of ways by the Census takers. Sande in Oregon, researching Zettlemeyer (and various spellings), Barrett, and Waltz in Schuylkill, Berks and Lancaster Cos, PA ----- Original Message ---- From: "labor74@aol.com" labor74@aol.com When I looked, Susan was indexed as MOYER. Nonetheless, the "Jn do" is shorthand for "John" & the "do" means "ditto" for surname. Enumerators often used the "do" when same occupation, &/or place of birth. John's occupation, at first, appeared as "Level something." Then, it looked like "Canal something." I cannot decipher that 2nd word. Chris, in NY ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz