Do you suppose someone preached for the Bapt or Meth?? Dortha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Crawford" <dorothyhc@comcast.net> To: <TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP] Question > You are correct. Reading down the census page some of the people have "Bapt" > or "Meth" in the occupation column. It does not appear to have anything to > do with occupation but for some reason the census taker recorded religious > preferences! I have never seen that before. > Thanks for pointing out something new! > Dorothy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ringer715@aol.com> > To: <TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, 03 December, 2003 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: [TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP] Question > > > | <A > HREF="ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/marion/1850/pg0421a.txt ] > ">ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/marion/1850/pg0421a.txt]</A > > | > | In some places, it states "Meth", in others, "Meth Farmer". Perhaps in > | Marion Co TN they decided to list the religion; Methodist? > > > > ==== TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: The posting of any emails other than a lookup request or reply to a lookup request are NOT ALLOWED and may result in immediate removal from this list > CENSUS LOOKUPS HOME PAGE http://www.rootsweb.com/~censlook/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >