Notes concerning the transcription of the 1870 census for Upper and Lower
Turkeyfoot Townships, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

This transcription was made prior to the commencement of the Rootsweb Census
project and thus does not necessarily follow all the guidelines. This
transcription was originally done for posting on the web site for these
townships and for integration into the associated township family tree. In
the process of integrating the 1870, 1860, and 1850 censuses and family
trees contributed by various people, some of the surnames in the census were
corrected as determined by these several sources. I've indicated with a
star, following the name, where the name does not appear as originally
transcribed. I believe this is an improvement since the 1870 census was
particularly difficult to read due to the very light copy and the
enumerator's frequent lapse into poor legibility. One last thing, 1870
experienced a growth in the area due to the coming of the railroad causing
an attending growth in hotels and boarding houses. The poor legibility of
names of the boarders and the likelyhood that they were transients, led me
to not record all their names. In those instances, I've indicated only the
number of boarders.

You will also find that I never transcribed line numbers nor Dwelling
number. It is my recollection that the dwelling number was the same as the
entry number. This makes sense since this was a rural area and dwelling
numbers were likely non-existent.