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Relationships are important when putting a family unit together. The most oft-used relationships in the census were:<br> | Relationships are important when putting a family unit together. The most oft-used relationships in the census were:<br> | ||
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*Listing the surname first followed by the first name. | *Listing the surname first followed by the first name. | ||
*Abbreviating the last name or place name as “do”. This abbreviation means "the same as the above" last name or place name. | *Abbreviating the last name or place name as “do”. This abbreviation means "the same as the above" last name or place name. | ||
*Abbreviating the name of county, such as Wilts for Wiltshire. | *Abbreviating the relationship to the head of the household, such as ''Daur'' for daughter. | ||
*Abbreviating the condition, such as M (married), U or Un (unmarried), W (widow or widower). | *Abbreviating the name of county, such as ''Wilts'' for Wiltshire. | ||
*Abbreviating the names of occupations, such as FWK as frame work knitter. | *Abbreviating the condition, such as '''M''' (married), '''U''' or '''Un''' (unmarried), '''W''' (widow or widower). | ||
*Abbreviating the names of occupations, such as ''FWK'' as frame work knitter. | |||
Some census pages have marks or slashes through information on the page. These were put there by a person who was making a count or summary of the data for statistical purposes. Handwriting is sometimes hard to read. One way to help with this dilemma is to compare unreadable letters or words with other ones on the same page or a page before or after. | Some census pages have marks or slashes through information on the page. These were put there by a person who was making a count or summary of the data for statistical purposes. Handwriting is sometimes hard to read. One way to help with this dilemma is to compare unreadable letters or words with other ones on the same page or a page before or after. | ||