Madison, IA 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/madison/1870/ TOWNSHIP POST OFFICE FILE NAMES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crawford Ellsworth pg0001a.txt, pg0007a.txt Douglas Winterset pg0011a.txt, pg0017a.txt Grand River Venus pg0023a.txt, pg0029a.txt Jackson Winterset pg0031a.txt, pg0037a.txt Jefferson Winterset pg0038a.txt, pg0044a.txt Lee Boon/Boone pg0047a.txt Lincoln Winterset pg0053a.txt, pg0059a.txt Madison Earlham pg0065a.txt, pg0071a.txt City of Earlham Earlham pg0076a.txt Monroe Clanton pg0079a.txt Ohio St. Charles pg0086a.txt, pg0092a.txt Penn Earlham pg0095a.txt, pg0101a.txt Scott Winterset pg0104a.txt, pg0110a.txt, pg0116a.txt South St. Charles pg0120a.txt, pg0126a.txt, pg0132a.txt Union Winterset pg0134a.txt, pg0140a.txt, pg0146a.txt Walnut Ohio pg0148a.txt, pg0154a.txt Webster Winterset pg0159a.txt Winterset 1st Ward Winterset pg0166a.txt, pg0172a.txt Winterset 2nd Ward Winterset pg0178a.txt, pg0184a.txt ==================================================================================== Users of this transcription of the 1870 Madison County, Iowa Federal census should be cautioned to refer to National Archives microfilm reproductions of the original census forms to verify and make their own interpretations of the data. The numbers written by J. F. Smith, one of the two Enumerators, were very difficult to interpret so it is highly recommended that the user verify the age data found in this transcription. The columns in which reading and writing ability were tabulated contain many entries that appear crossed out or checked off and the tabulations at the bottoms of the columns are much lower than the apparent number of entries. Users wanting to know whether their ancestors were literate or not should refer to the original microfilm to draw their own conclusion. Surname errors Errors were occasionally made by the enumerators who would fail to carry a surname forward when there was an intervening change of surname in a dwelling, by reversing surname and given name, or by phonetic spelling. Some of these errors are known and some are suspected. Surnames that are or may be grossly out of order in the index are: Bollings - look under Rollings Dixon - look under Sarah Evans - look under Ivens, Ivins, or Ivons Eyerly - look under Irely Finney - look under Lorenzo Hanner - look under Solomon Kale - look under Reuben Mailer - look under Masler McClellan - look under Ralph Robinson - look under Rulinson Roseman - look under Shera Wells - look under Harison Comments and suggestions regarding this transcription are welcome and you may contact either the transcriber or the proofreader with your inputs. Kent G. Transier, Transcriber Judy Wight Branson, Proofreader ==================================================================================== This Census was transcribed by Kent G. Transier and proofread by Judy Wight Branson for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ ====================================================================================