ABBREVIATIONS used:  dgt=daughter, bdr=boarder, svnt=servant, IL=in law, moth=mother, fath=father, neph=nephew, stp=step, adpt=adopted, gr=grand (like gr son= grandson), sis=sister, bro=brother, also note you will find 'A dgt or A son', this is what the enumerator wrote and it probably denotes 'adopted'.

RELATIONSHIPS:  There are times in this ward where the enumerator made obvious mistakes.  If found, you will see (sic) next to what was found on the census.  For example, there were time when it was a male name like Robert, and he put daughter down, so you will find dgt (sic).  Sometimes in large families, you might find married children with their own children along with their parents and younger siblings.  The enumerator would forget about putting grandchildren when the head was their grandfather/mother.  You will find the list of names with the parents first then a married son, then a daughter in law and their children would be son and/or dgt instead of gr child, in that case you would also find (sic).  Same with boarders.  Some of the boarder were couples with children and the enumerator listed them as boarder, wife, son which is not correct so you will find bdr/wife, bdr/son, bdr/dgt which means they are the wife, son, and/or daughter of the boarder.

PLACE OF BIRTH:  Instructions to the enumerator was to put county of birth, if born in New York State, put state name only if born out of NYS but within the USA, and put country only if born outside of NYS.  Therefore, Washington=NYS county, Albany=Albany county, New York=New York County (Manhattan).  Of course, like anything else, at times the enumerator put in a city and/or town.  If he did, we also used it.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:  You will find many ?? in our transcription.  They are there because we were not 100% sure of the entry and we have interpreted them to the best of our ability.  Also, you will find a number of (sic), this means we recognized the enumerator made a mistake but we are transcribing exactly as written.  This happened a number of times with the spellings of surname.  He would spell the first one and then the succeeding ones differently from the first.  While it has been checked against the film of of the census, first by the transcriber and then by the webmaster who put all the pages together, the film was not in the greatest condition and mistakes were probably made, therefore, try many spellings of your surname and only use this as a reference, not a source document.  Always refer to the film or original census for accuracy.

OTHER DESIGNATIONS IN THE 1865 CENSUS:  How many children born to a woman (C); Times married (X); Married (m), Widowed (w) or Single (s); Alien (AL) or Naturalized Citizen (NA) not noted if natural born citizen (N); dwelling number (D); family number (F).

WARDS:  There are two separations (districts?) within the 1st ward.  They were not designated by boundaries so for the transcription the first is labeled '1' and the 2nd is labeled '1-2nd'.

Brondon to Crowley

Crutchley to Fitch

Fitsgerald to Harrison

Hart to Keef

Keegan to McBride

McCabe to Nalle

Nary to Riley

Ripel to Sweney

Tafney to Zefrur