1870 Federal Census Madison County, Iowa (Transcriber's & Proofreader's Notes)

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Abstracted by Kent G. Transier from public records.  Edited and formatted 
by Maggie Stewart, January 2002.  Submitted by Kent G. Transier 
November 11, 2001.  Corrections done and reformatted March 2003.

This transcription was proofread by Judy Wight Branson.

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NOTE:  For more information on Madison County, Iowa,  
       Please visit the Madison County, IAGenWeb page  
       at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamadiso/
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This is the 1870 Federal Census for Madison County, Iowa
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Users of this transcription of the 1870 Madison County, 
Iowa Federal census should be cautioned to refer to 
National Archives microfilm reproductions of the original 
census forms to verify and make their own 
interpretations of the data.  

The numbers written by J. F. Smith, one of the two 
Enumerators, were very difficult to interpret so it is 
highly recommended that the user verify the age 
data found in this transcription.  

The columns in which reading and writing ability were 
tabulated contain many entries that appear crossed 
out or checked off and the tabulations at the bottoms 
of the columns are much lower than the apparent 
number of entries.  Users wanting to know whether 
their ancestors were literate or not should refer to 
the original microfilm to draw their own conclusion.

Surname errors

Errors were occasionally made by the enumerators who 
would fail to carry a surname forward when there was an 
intervening change of surname in a dwelling, by reversing 
surname and given name, or by phonetic spelling.  
Some of these errors are known and some are suspected.  
Surnames that are or may be grossly out of order in the 
index are:  

Bollings - look under Rollings
Dixon - look under Sarah
Evans - look under Ivens, Ivins, or Ivons
Eyerly - look under Irely
Finney - look under Lorenzo
Hanner - look under Solomon
Kale - look under Reuben
Mailer - look under Masler
McClellan - look under Ralph
Robinson - look under Rulinson
Roseman - look under Shera 
Wells - look under Harison


Kent G. Transier, Transcriber
Judy Wight Branson, Proofreader