MACKINAC, MICHIGAN 1860 Federal Census   TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

This Census was transcribed by Judy King (jak6241@greatlakes.net) for the USGenWeb Census
Project http://www.us-census.org.

Copyright (c) 2000 by Judy King (jak6241@greatlakes.net)

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    Census_Year 1860
    Microfilm   #M653-542
    State       Michigan
    County      Mackinac
    District    Holmes Twp.

1.) No page # (stamped) available. When I copied the pages, I had to exclude the top of the
page in order to include all lines. I numbered them as I went, using the "written" no. on the
page, rather than the "stamped". I have included the written #. Also not transcribed or
included: REFERENCE, LINE # (many are skipped, some are not shown on my copies), REAL EST,
REAL_EST. VALUE, MARRIED, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, READ_WRITE, AND DEAF.

2) On the 1860 Mackinac Census, I BELIEVE "M" in the "color" column refers to "METIS", rather
than "Mulatto". I'm not certain where to check this out; however the area had MANY Indians and
Mixed-Blood, or Metis. You'll also notice that some are marked "IND M." I didn't know whether
that had special significance or not, but included it as marked.

3) Because of the high occurrence of Indian, Metis, and French-American names, you will find
many that are uncommon to other areas. Some have many variant spellings (as I've found in my
own research!) I copied/spelled them exactly as they appeared on the census, whether or not I
was familiar with a variant spelling.

4) VERY IMPORTANT: Entries from Page 39, Line 19 (Dw# 712, Fam# 360) THROUGH Page 61, line 36
(Dw# 731, Fam# 379) are ALL Native Americans. The names are VERY difficult to read, and I don't
feel qualified to transcribe them. I have sent a list of them to the coordinator of the
Mackinac Co. GenWeb page; she was going to try to find someone there to transcribe them. They
are NOT included in this file.

5) Proofreader: I proofread, as I have no access to others who could do this. I believe I
checked it carefully.

I hope you will find this satisfactory and useful. Best Regards, Judy King