TC The link below explains the instructions given to enumerators for the 1820 Census. Perhaps this will help answer your question. _http://www.upperstjohn.com/1820/instructions.htm_ (http://www.upperstjohn.com/1820/instructions.htm) Kassie

Thanks for that. I see it says that the 16 to 18's are repeated in the 16 to 25 category. That helps me to count up my families, but it doesn't explain why they did it that way. I'm still curious about that. TC [email protected] wrote: >The link below explains the instructions given to enumerators for the 1820 >Census. Perhaps this will help answer your question. > >_http://www.upperstjohn.com/1820/instructions.htm_ >(http://www.upperstjohn.com/1820/instructions.htm) > > >Kassie > > > >