[Genealib] birthplace "via"

Tue Apr 22 11:51:14 EDT 2008

The entry clearly says via under birth place.  My guess would be that  this 
particular census taker abbreviated Virginia that way.  

There are 595 people in 1850 census whose birth place is listed as  Via.  Not 
all are the same census taker.  But they all appear to be in  Indiana.  Maybe 
some school taught that as the abbreviation and it was used  by a number of 
census takers.

Julia Coldren-Walker

In a message dated 4/22/2008 10:56:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kdr at ckls.org writes:

Using  Ancestry, I find four Thomas Johnson. It appears one is born in 
Ohio, one  in North Carolina, and two in Iowa (Ia). It could be a 
matter of  interpretation of the abbreviations, but I don't see a  "via".

Kathy

At 06:35 PM 4/21/2008, Laurie Wilcox  wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Does anyone know what "via" in  birthplace means on the 1850 census?
>
>Thomas Johnson of Morgan  county IN has this listed. After some 
>searching on ancestry there is a  large number of others throughout 
>the country with this listed as  their birthplace.
>
>Thank You
>
>
>Laurie  Wilcox
>Local History Associate
>Oral History  Specialist
>Boone County Public Library
>1786 Burlington  Pike
>Burlington, KY 41005
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>
>
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