Madison, IA 1860 Federal Census TRANSCRIBER NOTES http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/madison/1860/ This Census was transcribed by Kent G. Transier and proofread by Judy Wight Branson for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright 2001 by Kent G. Transier ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Users of this transcription of the 1860 Madison County, Iowa Federal census should be cautioned to refer to microfilm or CD ROM reproductions of the original census forms to verify and make their own interpretations of the data. L. B. Hughes, census enumerator, used phonetic spelling throughout his effort and the resulting errors have been faithfully transcribed to the best of our ability. Additional problems were created by Mr. Hughes' handwriting style. Names containing the letters "m, n, u, i, e, a, and o", especially when any of those letters were adjacent, were often very difficult to interpret. Finally, Mr. Hughes' numerals "0", "6", and "8" were often indistinguishable, especially as the second number in a two digit age entry. Comments and suggestions regarding this transcription are welcome and you may contact either the transcriber or the proofreader (Transcriber@US-Census.Org) with your inputs. Kent G. Transier, Transcriber Judy Wight Branson, Proofreader