Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice 1850 Tioga County, Pennsylvania Census Records Transcriptions Home Page Disclaimer Guide  More Local Census Contact Joyce Farmington Township Page New & Search

1850 Farmington Census Census Taken  Transcribed by Rhoda ENGLISH Ladd 1970s Reprinted with permisson from Rhoda Retyped For Tri-Counties by Ina Sutfin 1998 Pages Fformatted and Published by  Joyce M. Tice

Census records are very often difficult to read because of handwriting, microfilm quality, and spelling issues. Our early census takers were not as well educated as we'd like them to have been, and even the people bearing the names often could not spell them with the same consistency we are accustomed to in this era. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well as he could. These have been transcribed for you to the very best or our abilities given the difficulties mentioned. Please be tolerant of what you would consider "mistakes." If you can recognize the names you are looking for, then it is a success. If not, then you may want to find a place where you can view the originals so that you can judge for yourselves. Excessive attention to outmoded spelling issues is the sign of a beginner in family research. Those of you who have been at this a while are well aware of the "spelling errors" in our early records and have learned to take them in your stride. If you want to tell us what is right and what is wrong with the transcription, your notes will be added to the Comment Page

Households 1-50 Households 51-100 Households 101-150 Households 151-166

Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008 Do You Know that you can search just the Census Records on the site by using the three county level Census  buttons in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page?  You can further limit your search by choosing the find all words option and entering a year or township name along with your surname. Remember that alternate spellings of surnames WILL affect your search results.

Hello Joyce,
Many, many thanks for your wonderful site. I've been using it for awhile now.
As you always say we can't get hung up on incorrect spellings and I don't usually, but I found one today that really threw me for a couple hours
today.
In the 1850 (and 1840 for that matter) Farmington Census the name Johiel D. Freeman (#103) should be Jehial Tremaine(don't know about the "D"). It is correct in the 1860 census. And wife and kids names match.Once again thank you for all the hard work.
Candy Chambers
CandyC40@hotmai.com