Amite county, MS 1820 census 
Transcriber's notes

by Tina Hall
proofread by Virginia Ewing

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The enumerator for this census was A. H. Buckholts.

John seems to be the most popular given name in this census record. 
I have also noticed that Mr. Buckholts sometimes dotted his I's with a small circle 
as I did in school! How interesting! Senior was always abbreviated as "Senr.", while 
Junior was always "Jr.". This can make a big difference when one person may use only 
the two letters on each - making it difficult to tell the difference between the two. 
This enumerator made it simple to know the difference.

About halfway through the census, the enumerator started indenting the names of the 
female heads of household. It helped me to determine if I was looking at a male or 
female name. This sometimes helps with the transcription.
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