The material in this book has been compiled with the utmost care to insure accuracy.  In dealing with handwritten documents, an element of uncertainty exists in correctly interpreting the handwriting (capital S, J, I & L can look very similar).  Some census films are illegible, ink smeared or torn, which adds to the tremendous job of correctly transcribing.  Where the microfilm I had was unreadable, I left the space blank. Maybe the one you look at may be readable, and you can enter the information in you book. Many times the census taker could not spell correctly and thus the name was written by sound or phonetics.  Verify your findings to the microfilm of the original record.

Columns
In the interest of space, the column headings are not on each page.  The following is an explanation of what is contained in each column and any abbreviations used:
column    1: dwelling number/ family number
               2 & 3: last name followed by first name of all people living in this house
               4: age
               5: sex (M - male, F - female)
               6: occupation
               7: value of real estate
               8: value of personal property
               9: place of birth (see abbreviation list  below)
             10. Other information coded as follows:
                   A - married within the year
                   B - attended school within the year
                   C - cannot read or write
            Special notes are included in the occupation column
 

Place of Birth  Abbreviations
 
 

Foreign Birth Place
 
 

Index
The inhabitants in the index can be found by  page numbers on the bottom of each page.  The index includes head of household and the eldest individual with a different surname within a dwelling.

This census intro is by Delores (Pickering) Sanders, who transcribed the 1860 Census of several counties in Mississippi.