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    1. [ROOTS-L] Census pages
    2. Barton Lewis via
    3. I have a question about census citations. On the earlier censuses (pre-1850 or thereabouts), there are 2 or more page numbers for a given page. For example, my ancestor's cousin Sion Bennett appears in the 1820 Pendleton, South Carolina census on p. 49 of 67, according to the numbers next to the left and right scroll arrows in the middle bottom of the screen; on the census page itself, the numbers 62 and 63 are in the top left corners of the facing pages and are in the same handwriting as the census entries; the number 211 is stamped on the facing page where Sion appears in the upper right corner; and there is yet another set of numbers in the upper left and right corners for both pages - 282 and 283. Does anyone know which number is the better and why? Thanks, Barton

    07/20/2014 04:55:21