A few things to help make certain you’ve got the same family in those pre-1850 US census records where only heads of household are listed and household members are only enumerated in age categories:
•See if oldest male and female age appropriately
•Are locations consistent with what else known about family?
•Do children age appropriately?
A few additional things to keep in mind when analyzing these records:
•Household membership may be fluid
•People die
•Heads of household remarry
•People lie
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