Fayette, IL 1850 Federal Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/fayette/1850/ Transcribed by David E. Singer and proofread by James P. Finch for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2011 by David E. Singer ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================= There were two Enumerators for Fayette County; luckily, they both had the practice of re-entering the Last Names on continuing worksheets but not the Dwelling & Family numbers unless these were changed. When the Last Names changed from page to page, that fact is noted in the Remarks column (unless the Family number was new.) However, I began to compare the pages when I noticed too many minor children on Lines 1 that didn't match names with the last lines of previous pages. It became apparent that while the Hand-Written page numbers were consecutive, there was frequently no continuity in the family names. Clearly, both Enumerators have somehow shuffled the worksheets, resulting in "orphaned" family members leading off on Line 1 of a good number of pages. The worksheets appear here in order by Hand-written page number, with resulting sequencing errors of the Stamped page numbers noted in Remarks. Family continuity is noted in Remarks to alert the Researcher to the continuing page number where the "orphaned" family members are to be found; these entries are also linked back to the family head. While I believe I have done a thorough job of linking these families, the Researcher will want to be careful to locate all family members. There also appear to be instances where consecutive pages have a change in the surname that is either valid, or may be the result of Enumerator error. In these cases a note is placed in Remarks that the surname has changed within the family group. =======================================================================