1850 Federal Census Notes, Brown County, Illinois ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** Brown, IL 1850 Federal Census - Transcribers Notes This Census was transcribed by Stephanie Holladay and proofread by Mark Holladay for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgwarchives.net/census. Copyright 2000 by Stephanie Holladay ************************************************************************ Thanks to S-K Publications for providing the census page photocopies from which this transcription was made. The complete original, handwritten census of this county is available in book form (including a typed index) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ************************************************************************ Greetings! This census was a bit difficult to decipher. There are several styles of handwriting in this census, so beware. Some of my notes include abbreviations to save space. Here's an explanation of the common ones: bp -- birthplace c/b -- could be s/b -- should be prob -- probably enum -- enumerator occ -- occupation I enjoyed transcribing this census and thank SK Publications for providing me with a copy of the census free of charge for my services. Happy hunting! Stephanie Holladay http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/brown/census/1850/notes.txt