Thanks Jim, >Was your person on the 1850 mortality schedule? Unfortunately I'm dealing with Mississippi. I brought the question to this forum because I'm transcribing the 1860 census and want to put this possibilty in my transcriber's notes. And by the way, I have heard from several people that my PARTIAL transcription is online. It shouldn't be. It has not been proofread. I'm slogging along. Maggie