Thanks, Donald.  I tried to find this guide online, or where I could order it, but was unsuccessful.  I searched at the NARA site but had no luck.  Do you know how it can be obtained?  Also, it is not clear to me from the excerpt you provided, but is the correct page number to use the stamped one that is referred to in the excerpt?  If so, since in my example Sion Bennett appears on the left side page of the 2 pages shown in the image on Ancestry with "211" on the right hand page, how would you cite the page number?  "211 reverse?" Thanks, Barton On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Donald E. Watts, dba Origins: Historical Research wrote: Census pages To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> 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?   See page 19, Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives, NARA, Washington, 1964:   Pagination of the Volumes of the Schedules for the Decennial Years 1800-70     Many of the schedules contain two of more series of page numbers. The series cited by the National Archives is the series that runs consecu- tively throughout each volume used in the Central Research Room, whether photostat or original.     In some volumes a hand stamp was used for numbering and only alter- nate pages are numbered.  In such instances the National Archives refers to the right-hand page as the “face” and the back of the page as the “reverse.”     As microfilm or other copies of the schedules do not necessarily have the same pagination, it is wise, in citing a reference, to give not only the volume number, page number, and name of the State, but also the name of the county and the minor subdivision.   Donald   ORIGINS™ Historical Research Donald E. Watts E – [email protected] H – 304-725-0571 C – 304-676-7034