1900 Federal Census Gonzales County, Texas (ED 55: Transcriber's Notes)

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Abstracted by Richard C. Baker, Jr. from public records.  Edited and 
formatted by Maggie Stewart, December 2004.  Submitted by 
Richard C. Baker, Jr..   

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       Please visit the Gonzales County, TXGenWeb page at 
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This is the 1900 federal census for Gonzales County, Texas
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1.  Entries enclosed with brackets [   ] indicates that the entry was marked through.
2.  The Marriage License Index I mention in the Transcriber Remarks, is a manuscript 
    titled 'Gonzales County, Texas Marriage Licenses Issued 1829 - 1900', copyrighted 
    in 1993 by Marjorie Lee Burnett.  I have her permission.
3.  This Enumerator's spelling is sometimes very bad, especially Spanish names  
    I have transcribed his recordings as he spelled it.
4.  All spelling of Birthplaces are as recorded in census.
5.  All spelling of Occupations are as recorded in census.
6.  All spelling of Relationships are as recorded in census
7.  Enumerator uses a long dash and " as a ditto for Last names.  
    This ditto is sometimes used on every person living in a household, even if that 
    person has a different last name.
8.  During the tallying of the Census, marks were made over the first name and relationship 
    of the heads of households.
9.  Enumerator's writes a J that looks very much like a Z and is sometimes hard to 
    distinguish the difference.
10. Enumerator misspells Tennessee as Tennesee.
11. Enumerator misspells Louisiana as Louisana or Lousiana.
12. Enumerator sometimes forgets to cross his T.
13. Enumerator sometimes forgets to make the lower cross on his F causing it to appear as a T.
14. Enumerator sometimes does not dot his i, making it difficult to distingquish beween the e.
15. In the Race Column, Mex is sometimes overwritten with a W or vise versa.  
16. Month, year and age sometimes do not correlate.
17. Enumerator misspells Missouri as Misouri.