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Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

xperienced genealogical researchers use clues found in one record to find otherrecords about the same individual. This article describes some of the clues found in census records.

Date of birth

• The 1900 census (column 7) indicates the person's month and year of birth; the 1850-1880 and 1910-1930 censuses indicate the person's age.
  
• The 1870 census (column 13) and 1880 census (column 7) indicate the month in which the person was born, if born "within the year," that is between June 1, 1869 and May 31, 1870 for the 1870 census, or June 1, 1879 and May 31, 1880, for the 1880 census. The official census day was June 1 in both 1870 and 1880, although the enumerator may have visited the household at a later date.
  
• While the person's age is not an exact date of birth, it at least provides a "ballpark" figure useful (1) for tracking the person from one census to the next, especially if other people have the same name, and (2) for locating the person in any existing vital records.

Place of birth

• The 1850-1930 censuses indicate the person's state or country of birth, which helps narrow the geographic scope of search for the specific town of birth.

Date of marriage

• The 1850 census (column 10), 1860 census (column 11), 1870 census (column 14), and 1880 census (column 12) indicate whether the person had married within the year.
  
• "Within the year" means during the year before the official census day, that is, between June 1, 1849 and May 31, 1850, for the 1850 census; between June 1, 1859 and May 31, 1860, for the 1860 census; between June 1, 1869 and May 31, 1870, for the 1870 census; and between June 1, 1879 and May 31, 1880, for the 1880 census. The official census day was June 1 in each of these census years, although the enumerator may have visited the household at a later date.
  
• The 1900 census (column 10) and 1910 census (column 9) indicate the number of years of marriage for each married person.

Number of children

• The 1900 census (column 11) and 1910 census (column 10) indicate how many children were born to each woman. The 1900 census (column 12) and1910 census (column 11) indicate how many of those children were still living. These clues can help determine whether the researcher has identified all children in a given family, and whether any were deceased when either census was taken.

Immigration

• The 1900 census (column 16), 1910 census (column 15), 1920 census (column 13), and 1930 census (column 22) each indicate the person's year of immigration to the United States. This information should help in locating a ship passenger arrival list.

Naturalization

• The 1870 census (column 19) has a check mark for "Male Citizens of the U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards." If the person was a foreign-born citizen, this means that he had become naturalized by 1870.
  
• The 1900 census (column 18), the 1910 census (column 16), and 1920census (column 14), and 1930 census (column 23) indicate the person's naturalization status. The answers are "Al" for alien, "Pa" for "first papers," and "Na" for naturalized.
  
• The 1920 census (column 15) indicates the year in which the person was naturalized.
  
  These clues may lead to naturalization records.

Foreign-born parents

• The 1870 census (columns 11-12) have check marks if the person's parents were "of foreign birth."
  
• The 1880 census (columns 25-26), 1900 census (columns 14-15), 1910census (columns 13-14), 1920 census (columns 21 & 23), and 1930 census (columns 19-20) indicate the person's parents' birthplaces.

Military Service

• Service in Union or Confederate Army or Navy
  
  
  • The 1910 census (column 30) indicates whether the person was a "survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy." The answers are "UA" for Union Army, "UN" for Union Navy, "CA" for Confederate Army, and "CN" for Confederate Navy. These clues lead to military service and pension records; see Civil War Records and Confederate Pension Records for more information.
    
  • A word of caution: On the 1910 census, columns 30-32 are often "overwritten" with numbers like 2-1-0-0 or 6-9-0-0. These numbers are notthe answers for columns 30-32, but were data summaries used by Census Bureau tabulators in Washington, DC, to compile statistical data.
    
  • The 1930 census (column 31) indicates Civil War veterans with the abbreviation "CW."
    
• Military Service, 1898-1918, in Major Wars
  
  
  • The 1930 census (column 31) indicates military service in other wars with "Sp" for Spanish-American War, "Phil" for Philippine Insurrection, "Box" for Boxer Rebellion, "Mex" for Mexican Expedition, and "WW" for World War I.

Real property

• The 1850 census (column 8), 1860 census (column 8), and 1870 census (column 8) indicate the value of real property (land) owned by each person.
  
• The 1900 census (column 25), 1910 census (column 26), 1920 census (column 7), and 1930 census (column 7) indicate whether the person owned ("O") or rented ("R") the home or farm.
  
• The 1900 census (column 26), 1910 census (column 27), and 1920 census (column 8) indicate whether home and farm owners owned their property with a mortgage ("M") or free of mortgage ("F").
  
• The 1930 census (column 8) indicates the value of home, if owned, or the monthly rental, if rented.
  
  These clues should lead researchers to the county recorder's office or equivalent agency for deeds, mortgages, and property tax records.

Economic data.

• The 1850 census (column 7), 1860 census (column 7), 1870 census (column 7), and 1880 census (column 13) all indicate the person's occupation. If the answer is "farmer," the researcher should look for information about the farmer's land ownership, crops, and livestock in the agricultural census schedules. If the person was a saw or grist miller, cheese maker, or other"manufacturer," the researcher should check the manufacturing census schedules.
  
• Agricultural census schedules exist for 1850-1880; manufacturing census schedules exist for 1820 and 1850-1880.
  
• For more information and roll lists of nonpopulation census schedules available as NARA microfilm publications, see Nonpopulation Census Records.

Conclusion. 

Researchers who use these and other clues in census records will be more successful--and thorough--in their genealogical research. 

This essay is adapted from "Clues in Census Records, 1850-1920," The Record, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1998): 26-27.

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"United States Census, 1930," John D Springstead, Brooksville, Hernando, Florida

ame:	John D Springstead
event:	Census
event date:	1930
event place:	Brooksville, Hernando, Florida
gender:	Male
age:	35
marital status:	Married
race:	White
birthplace:	Florida
estimated birth year:	1895
immigration year:
relationship to head of household:	Head
father's birthplace:	Wisconsin
mother's birthplace:	Indiana
enumeration district number:	0004
family number:	109
sheet number and letter:	e number: 29 nara publication: T626, roll 317 film number: 2340052 digital folder number: 4531938 image number: 00938   Household Gender Age Birthplace

                                                  

head	John D Springstead	M	35	Florida
wife	Mary F Springstead	F	34	Kentucky
son	Frank W Springstead	M	11	Florida
daughter	Elsie Springstead	F	10	Florida
son	Chancey W Springstead	M	4	Florida
brother-in-law	Frank A Baldwin	M	19	Kentucky

                                                   

Relationship: Darrell Franklin Cole to Frank Wiley Springstead

Relationship: Darrell Franklin Cole to Frank Wiley Springstead
Frank Wiley Springstead is the 2nd cousin 1x removed of Darrell Franklin Cole
Relationship: Darrell Franklin Cole to Frank Wiley Springstead

_{Frank Wiley Springstead is the 2nd cousin 1x removed of Darrell Franklin Cole}

Great grandparent

Andrew Jackson Baldwin      Martha Ann Alley

b:  20 Mar 1820                                                       b:   11 Nov 1828

Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryla                         Todd, Kentucky, USA

d:   23 Jun 1903                                                       d:   23 Feb 1899

Providence, Webster, Kentucky,                           Providence, Webster, Kentucky,

Maternal grandfather                                                   Grand uncle

   James Henry Baldwin                                                  Francis Alley Baldwin

   b:   23 Jan 1860                                                          b: 04 Feb 1867
      Spencer, Indiana, USA                                              Spencer, Indiana, USA                                         

       d:   16 Dec 1934                                                      d: 15 Apr 1924     

                                                                                  Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky

   
                                                                    

                                                                                  

    Mother                                                            1st cousin 1x removed

    Mayme Corinne Baldwin                           Mary Francis Baldwin                   

                                                                         b  : 07 Nov 1894

        b:   30 Jul 1909                                             Providence, Webster, Kentucky

     Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA           d:  30 Dec 1985

   d: 27 Apr 2000                                              Hernando, Florida, USA

          Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky                      

                                                                 

_,

Self

           Darrell Franklin Cole                                    2nd cousin

             b:   08 May 1941                                Frank Warren Springstead

           Providence, Webster, Kentucky,         b:   16 Jun 1918

                                                                            Brooksville, Hernando, Florida

                                                                          d:   07 Apr 1988

                                                                           Hernando, Florida, US

                                                                                      2nd cousin 1x removed

                                                                         Frank Wiley Springstead

                                                                           b:   08 Dec 1946

                                                                          Brooksville, Hernando, Florida

Outline Descendant Report for Francis Alley Baldwin

Outline Descendant Report for Francis Alley Baldwin
1 Francis Alley Baldwin b: 04 Feb 1867 in Spencer, Indiana, USA, d: 15 Apr 1924 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA, Burial: Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA; Fernwood Cemetery
... + Lucy Isabelle Taylor b: Sep 1874, m: 28 Mar 1892 in Union, Kentucky, USA, d: 08 Jan 1926 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA, Burial: Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA; Fernwood Cemetery
......2 Andrew R Baldwin b: 04 Jan 1893 in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA, d: 10 Dec 1940 in El Paso, Texas, USA, Burial: El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA; Evergreen Cemetery
...... + Mamie Smith Cox b: 25 Oct 1900 in Warren, Kentucky, USA, m: 25 Oct 1922 in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA, d: 25 Aug 1964 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
.........3 Clyde Donald Baldwin b: 28 Oct 1925 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA, d: 31 Dec 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA
......2 Mary Francis Baldwin b: 07 Nov 1894 in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA, d: 30 Dec 1985 in Hernando, Florida, USA
...... + John Delbert Springstead b: 29 Jul 1894 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA, m: 20 Jun 1916 in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA, d: 25 Jan 1941 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
.........3 Frank Warren Springstead b: 16 Jun 1918 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA, d: 07 Apr 1988 in Hernando, Florida, USA
......... + Ann Louise Eichelberger b: 06 Apr 1919 in Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama, USA, m: 20 Jun 1938 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............4 Gerald Warren Springstead b: 04 Sep 1939 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............ + Caroline Louise Henderson b: 22 Mar 1943 in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA, m: 13 Aug 1962 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
...............5 Ruth Ann Springstead b: 22 Mar 1963 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; Emory University Hospital
...............5 Gerald Warren Springstead b: 10 Mar 1965 in Michigan, USA; Selfridge AFB
...............5 Mary Louise Springstead b: 11 Nov 1970 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............4 Richard Wilson Springstead b: 10 Jul 1942 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............ + Martha B Stemper b: 01 Nov 1942 in Orlando, Brevard, Florida, USA, m: 28 Dec 1964 in Sanford, Seminole, Florida, USA
...............5 Laura Ashley Springstead b: 20 Sep 1969 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
...............5 Scott Wilson Springstead b: 01 Aug 1972 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............4 Frank Wiley Springstead b: 08 Dec 1946 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............ + Susan Merritt b: 30 Nov 1954 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA, m: 29 Oct 1975 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
.........3 Elsie Louise Springstead b: 29 Feb 1920 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
......... + Fred Lee Howell b: 24 May 1916 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, m: 08 Mar 1941 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA, d: 2007
............4 Sharon Lee Howell b: 24 Sep 1942 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
............ + George William Bensch b: 04 Aug 1942 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, m: 29 Aug 1964 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
...............5 Gregory William Bensch b: 02 Nov 1968 in Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina, USA
...............5 Frederick Michael Bensch b: 29 Dec 1970 in Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina, USA
...............5 Robert Anthony Bensch b: 06 Feb 1973 in Denver, Colorado, USA
............4 Deborah Ann Howell b: 14 Jul 1949 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
............ + John Robert Cockrell b: 30 Jul 1944 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, m: 18 Apr 1970 in Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina, USA
...............5 Scott Howell Cockrell b: 05 May 1979 in Cincinnati, Clermont, Ohio, USA
...............5 Katie Baldwin Cockrell b: 10 Aug 1983 in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
.........3 Chancey W Springstead b: 30 Oct 1925 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
......... + Betty June Arrants b: 11 Jun 1927 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA, m: 22 Dec 1945 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA, d: 27 Apr 2001 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............4 John Woodward Springstead b: 16 Dec 1949 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
............ + Robin Lee Elliott b: 02 Dec 1949 in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, USA, m: 17 May 1969 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
...............5 Jaclyn Lee Springstead b: 24 Aug 1977 in Cherry Point, Craven, North Carolina, USA
...............5 Chancey W Springstead b: 02 Nov 1979 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............4 Neil Wallace Springstead b: 21 Sep 1954 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
............ + Patti Michele Kelso b: 25 May 1954 in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, USA, m: 20 May 1978 in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, USA
......2 Emery Dixon Baldwin b: 03 Oct 1899 in Webster, Kentucky, USA, d: 28 Aug 1925 in Henderson, Kentucky, USA
......2 Lawernce Taylor Baldwin b: 27 Jan 1901 in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA, d: Sep 1984 in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, USA
...... + Louise E Ashworth b: 20 Feb 1900 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA, m: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, d: 23 Jul 1989 in Tennessee, USA
.........3 Mary Virgina Baldwin b: 20 Sep 1928 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
.........3 Ann Taylor Baldwin b: 26 Dec 1931 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
......2 Margert Louise Baldwin b: 10 May 1908 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA, d: 14 Jun 1954 in Sharptown, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
...... + Charles Welles Little b: 25 Dec 1904 in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA, m: Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA, d: 25 Oct 1974 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA; washington,county
.........3 Mary Wells Little b: 06 Nov 1937 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA, d: 07 Oct 2006 in Currie, Pender, North Carolina, USA
......2 Charles Weaver Baldwin b: 12 Aug 1915 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA, d: 23 Jul 1981 in Marion, Florida, USA
...... + Alice A DeBrauwere b: 17 Jan 1922 in Miami, Dade, Florida, USA, m: 27 Jan 1938 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
.........3 Janice Fay Baldwin b: 01 Dec 1938
......... + William F Hemminger b: 27 Dec 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, m: 20 Sep 1960 in Coral Gables, Dade, Florida, USA, d: 19 Apr 1983 in Ocala, Marion, Florida, USA
............4 Lisa Ann Hemminger b: 09 Dec 1961 in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, USA
............4 William F Hemminger b: 08 Aug 1963 in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, USA, d: 11 May 1980 in Ocala, Marion, Florida, USA
............4 Ronda Kay Hemminger b: 16 Dec 1970 in Ocala, Marion, Florida, USA
.........3 Charles W Baldwin b: 08 Jan 1941 in Miami, Dade, Florida, USA
......... + Rose Marie Marino b: 18 Apr 1938 in New York, USA; Port Chester, m: 04 Aug 1962 in Miami, Dade, Florida, USA
............4 Charles Baldwin b: 23 Sep 1968
............4 Kim Marie Baldwin b: 02 Sep 1972 in Miami, Dade, Florida, USA
............4 Matthew Thomas Baldwin b: 16 Sep 1974 in Miami, Dade, Florida, USA
......2 Charlotte Baldwin d: ; Died in Infancy
......2 Francis Alley Baldwin d: ; Died at Age 22

Family Pictures

Pictures are from Darrell Cole's Ancestor book that Betty Springstead (Uncle Chan's wife ) helped on . The Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Jackson Baldwin. Mary Frances (Baldwin) Springstead.  John Delbert Springstead's wife. That is how we are descendants of Andrew Jackson Baldwin, From John Delbert Springstead to the present.

Springstead Family Pictures

Deed s , John Jacob and Jacob

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Year	Grantor(s)	First name(s)	Notes	Grantee(s)
1836	Ayer	Oliver Mary B		Ebenezer Jacobs
1823	Case	Chloe Imri		John Jacobs
1832	Hawley	Chloe Ann Nathan		John Jacobs
1829	Hinman	Peter		Ebenezer Jacobs
1829	Hinman	Asa		Ebenezer Jacobs
1827	Pierpont	Hezekiah B		John Jacobs
1827	Pierpont	Hezekiah B		John Jacobs
1836	Pierpont	Hezekiah B		Ebenezer Jacobs
1836	Pierpont	Hezekiah B		John Jacobs
1834	Thompson	Lovina William		John Jacobs
1836	White	Eliel Alice		Jacob M Jacobs
1846	Copeland	Abial Lydia	etal	Nathaniel Jacobs
1837	Jacobs	Ebenezer Laura	etal	William Lugh
1837	Jacobs	John		Stephen Gifford
1845	Jacobs	Ebenezer Nathaniel	etal	Anson M Duncan
1846	Jacobs	Ebenezer Laura		Peter Hinman
1846	Lee	Nancy R Philetus	etal	Nathaniel Jacobs
1850	Peck	James Mary G		Charles W Jacobs
1842	Perrin	Amy Samuel		"Nathaniel Jacobs,Jr"
1848	Rood	Francis		Charles W Jacobs
1852	Bloomfield	Joseph E	Trus	Elizabeth Jacobson
1851	Jacobs	Charles W		Mary Jacobs
1852	Jacobs	"Caroline A Charles W Jacob M,Jr"		Mary Jacobs
1854	Jacobs	Lydia P Theodore D		J W Parsons
1854	Jacobson	John Sally		John H Getman
1859	Jacobs	Eli B Lydia		Daniel Rice
1859	Jacobs	David G Mary A		J Nicholas Jacobs
1860	Jacobson	John		Abram Scriber
1853	Knollin	Eve James R		Theodore D Jacobs
1853	Moulton	Miron Olive		Theodore D Jacobs
1856	Robinson	Orville Lucretia		John Jacobson
1859	Robinson	Orville Lucretia		Abraham Jacobson
1856	Stitt	John Phebe T		"Jacob M Jacobs,Jr"
1859	Thorp	Andrew J Philena C		Orin B Jacobs