census records are ususally wrong. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TAG" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: [TNWARREN] deciphering old handwriting > I have just a couple general questions about Warren Co records. Seems so > basic, it's somewhat embarrassing to ask. > > > > 1) Are there any services available to transcribe old handwriting from > early Warren Co. land grants, deeds and land records? It took a lot of > effort to obtain them and now I am having a terrible time understanding what > is written in my ancestral records. > > > > 2) I am confused by the logic of the old census records. I am trying to > find out more about my gr-gr-gr-grandmother Sarah Gordon (b. abt 1800 – d. > 18??). In the 1850 census, she is listed as being born in 1800. Then in > the 1860 census, she is again listed as being born in 1800. However, in the > 1830 census, she is listed as between being born between 1780 and 1790, i.e. > between 10 and 20 years difference. I have reason to believe she was > actually born in 1785. Is it possible for old census records to be wrong? > > > > Furthermore, in the 1850 census Sarah and Robert Gordon are listed as being > from NC, yet in the 1880 census, their son indicates that they were from KY. > Was the census-taker wrong again? > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. I am racking my brain, trying to make > sense of all these puzzling records. > > > > Thanks, Tei A. Gordon > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >