1880 Federal Census, Lyman & Buffalo Counties, Dakota Territory (ED89: Transcriber's Notes) The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Timothy Hollar from public records. Edited and formatted by Kay L. Mason and Maggie Stewart, December 2001. Submitted by Timothy Hollar December 15, 2001. A volunteer has not yet been found to proofread this transcription. If you are interested in doing this please contact the USGW Project. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. marvinsgardens@gwtc.net ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Lyman & Buffalo Counties, Dakota Territory, Please visit the Lyman County, SDGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdlyman/ & visit the Buffalo County, SDGenWeb Page at http://www.geocities.com/lynettet.geo/buffalo/buffalo.html ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ Key to Census Columns: LN Line # OCCUPATION Profession or Trade STREET Street DIS # Months Unemployed HN House # HEALTH Sickness/Disability DW Dwelling # B Blind FN Family # D Deaf or Dumb LAST NAME Last Name I Idiotic FIRST NAME First Name N Insane C Color M Crippled, etc. S Sex S Attending School AGE Age R Cannot read MO Month if born within year W Cannot write RELATION Relationship to head of household BIRTHPLACE Place of Birth S Single FATHER Father's Birthplace M Married MOTHER Mother's Birthplace W Widowed, Divorced Sndx Soundex Code Y Married during year REMARKS Transcriber Remarks ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1880 Federal Census for Lyman & Buffalo Counties, Dakota Territory ____________________________________________________________________________ Transcriber's Notes 1- It is noted that pages 9 & 10 should be part of Aurora County and are not apart of this film, or at least not in the order it should be in. **Pages 9 and 10, Sheets 415B and 416A are enumerated in Aurora County. **Page 11, Sheet 416B left blank. 2-- The 2nd page of 11 is noted as PRESHO COUNTY and that there are "No white people living in this conty all Sioux Indians." that is written across the page with no names. **Page 12, Sheet 417A is Presho County. From "SDGENWEB Extinct County Selection List" http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdgenweb/extinctlist.html Presho County Date Established: Unknown Date Abolished: Unknown County Seat: Unknown Parent County: Dakota Territory