This is househould number 424 Michael
Kelley. It gives a pretty good idea of the handwriting of Isaac Vermillion,
the enumerator of the 1860 census(and also the 1850 and 1870 censuses,
I think). The vertical lines between the Michael and the Kelley are
a result of the microfilm copier I was using.
This also gives an idea of some of the transcribing problems
I ran into - notice the age of Sydney, 34, is hard to read as is the name
Nancy(unless of course, you already know that it is Nancy.)
I will be adding more scans as I come across interesting aspects of the
census; handwriting, spelling, mistakes, and anything else that I
find interesting will find their way to this page. Stay tuned,
Michael Kelley
42 m
Sydney
34 f
Nancy
13 f
Rebecca
11 f
Joseph
9 m
Eva
7 f
