Esmeralda, NV 1870 Federal Census - Notes This Census was transcribed by Sue Hobbs and proofread by Nancy Anne Cooper for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 1999 by Sue Hobbs ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # 593-834 State NV County Esmeralda ************************************************************************* This county includes the following cities and townships: Aurora, 76A - 79B Sweetwater, 80A - 81A (P.O. Aurora) Wellingtons Station, 82A - 83B Silver Peak & Columbus, 84A - 86B Pine Grove, 87A - 92B Rockland, 93A - 94B (P.O. Pine Grove) Mason Valley, 95A - 96B (P.O. Pine Grove) This census was difficult to read. There are two people's handwriting, although only one enumerator is named throughout. Many of the capital letters look alike, so it was a real guessing game sometimes trying to figure out what was meant. This county's dwelling numbers and family numbers were incorrectly applied. The only households which were counted as families were those consisting of at least a married couple. Instances in which siblings appear to be sharing a residence are not counted as families. Nor are homes with only one parent. Further, the enumerator(s) restarted the numbers of both dwellings and families at the top of each page instead of only at the beginning of the township.