Lisa, You are a genius! Thanks for helping resolve this. I knew the CDs and Census books were listed the ages differently, but since I am new to census reading I didn't know the correct order. To all who submitted helpful responses --- THANK YOU. I have included a summary of the census issues for any who are interested: (1) Brooke County 1810 From FTM CD Patterson, John State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 674 Ages : 02201-2110100 Patterson, James State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages : 01001-0020100 Patterson, Samuel State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages : 12101-0000210 Patterson, Robert State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 693 Ages : 01111-2020100 Read ages as: Females ages 0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Males 0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Negroes; Indians (2) Brooke County 1810 From VA Census Book Patterson, John State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 674 Ages : 21101-0220100 Patterson, James State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages : 00201-0100100 Patterson, Samuel State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 680 Ages : 00002-1210110 Patterson, Robert State : VA Brooke Co. Year : 1810 Page # : 693 Ages : 20201-0111100 Read ages as: Males ages 0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Females 0-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 / 21-45 / 46+; Negroes; Indians (3) 1790 Census for Washington County, Pennsylvania John Patterson 1 2 4 Cecil Township Read as: Name/Males over 16 including Head of Household/Males Under 16/Females/Township (4) 1790 CENSUS PA p.12 PATTERSON, James 2-2-3-0 Read as: Name/Males over 16 including Head of Household/Males Under 16/Females/ Others ========= John Patterson Chesapeake, VA Searching PATTERSON, POTTER, GIBSON, MCKINLEY, MCKIM, MCCREADY, WOODWARD (Robert Patterson 1749-1829 m. Elizabeth PA>Brooke County VA/WV) Lisa Bonar wrote: > > John, > I had problems with the census info on the FTM CD's also. I called FTM > because it was apparent to me that their census info was backwards. On all > of the census info that I looked at on the FTM CD's, the female counts are > first and the male counts are second. On the actual census records, the > male counts are first and the female counts are second. One easy way to > check your CD is to look for a female head of household. I hope this > helps. > > Lisa > [email protected] > Washington County surnames: ANDERSON, ANDREW, BONAR, CASTNER, DONAHEY, > MCDONALD, MEALY, MILLER > > ---------- > From: John Patterson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: HELP WITH READING CENSUS > Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 11:16 AM > Could someone tell me which set are females and which are males in the census listings? > > Thanks, > John Patterson > Chespeake,VA >