Ellen asked: If you look at the columns for occupation and industry, it looks like it says "inmate" in a "resort" but all of the occupation/industry entries for the people in the household have been Xed out. Ellen, I think you need to view the BBC WDYTYA show on Alex Kingston about a street with women lodging house keepers. The full show is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePBL55Hk6rU Check at time mark 36:00. Yours, Barbara

Thank you all for your suggestions and insight. That's what I needed. I just wasn't sure why the census taker would have crossed out the columns for occupation and industry for that whole household. Barbara gave me an answer that had not even crossed my mind. :)  Sometimes that's just what you need. Since I was inquiring for a friend, that creates an interesting situation! Ellen ________________________________ From: Barbara Mathews <bmathews@gis.net> To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:11 AM Subject: Re: [TGF] Census Help Ellen asked: If you look at the columns for occupation and industry, it looks like it says "inmate" in a "resort" but all of the occupation/industry entries for the people in the household have been Xed out. Ellen, I think you need to view the BBC WDYTYA show on Alex Kingston about a street with women lodging house keepers. The full show is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePBL55Hk6rU Check at time mark 36:00. Yours, Barbara The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

How very well put... Sent from my iPad On Jan 18, 2013, at 5:11 AM, "Barbara Mathews" <bmathews@gis.net> wrote: > Ellen asked: > If you look at the columns for occupation and industry, it looks like it > says "inmate" in a "resort" but all of the occupation/industry entries for > the people in the household have been Xed out. > > Ellen, > > I think you need to view the BBC WDYTYA show on Alex Kingston about a street > with women lodging house keepers. The full show is at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePBL55Hk6rU > > Check at time mark 36:00. > > Yours, Barbara > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message