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<DIV>Thanks, Nora. I was fine on 1840. I just wasn't looking
carefully enough on 1820.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/9/2010 2:33:27 P.M. Central Standard Time,
auntlizzie@snet.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Jay,<BR><BR>Each family has information on 2 pages on the 1840 census.
On page 2 the <BR>the third main header, after "Slaves" and "Total" gives 7
columns of <BR>occupations in which members of the household may be employed.
It is <BR>hard to read on images of the census. Download a blank form from
<BR>ancestry.com to read the exact wording of the headings.<BR><BR>Nora
Galvin<BR>Bridgeport, Conn.<BR>JFonkert@aol.com wrote:<BR>> I'm confused,
and hoping someone can help. Hinckley and others say <BR>> that the
1820 and 1830 censuses collected information on the number of <BR>> people
within each household engaged in agriculture, commerce or <BR>>
manufacturing. I know that the 1820 and 1830 censuses gathered <BR>>
aggregate statistics (of not particularly good quality), and the 1840 <BR>>
census expanded the count to other industries, but I have never seen <BR>>
counts within families. Am I missing something?<BR>> <BR>>
Jay Fonkert, CG<BR>> http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/<BR>>
Saint Paul, MN<BR>><BR>> Member, Association of Professional
Genealogists<BR>> (professional profile at www.apgen.org)
<http://www.apgen.org%29/><BR>> Member, Genealogical Speakers
Guild<BR>> (professional profile at
http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/) <BR>>
<http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/%29><BR>><BR>> CG
(Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for <BR>>
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified <BR>>
associates after periodic competency
evaluations.<BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=2 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Jay Fonkert,
CG<BR><A href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/</A><BR>Saint
Paul, MN<BR><BR>Member, Association of Professional
Genealogists<BR>(</FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">professional profile at <A href="http://www.apgen.org)/">www.apgen.org)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>Member, Genealogical
Speakers Guild<BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">(professional profile at <A href="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)">http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">
<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates
after periodic competency evaluations.</FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>