Hello, I will answer your question through the list incase there are some others that also wonder about the abbreviation... hn means household number fn means family number Hope that helps. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Archidon2@aol.com> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [VAPITTSY-L] 1850 census > This census is extremely helpful. Thanks to all who have worked so hard on > it. Could someone explain what the column headings mean? What is hn and fn? > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > Pittsylvania County Files online! Visit the Pittsylvania County Archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/pittsylv.htm > >