Aurelia, you specifically referred to the 1870 census.  I've never known 
how prevalent this was for that particular census, but the enumerator for the 
1870 Wright County, Missouri, census set up shop in the county seat, 
Hartville, and invited the citizens to come to him that year which, of course, many 
folks didn't.  Consequently, many, many Wright County famillies were not 
enumerated.  This has been documented by the Wright County Historical Society 
comparing land ownership to the sequence of the names recorded in that 
census and found the families jumped all over the county as they were recorded in 
1870.  It's also rather obvious in that census because the townships are 
recorded as "Various" at the top of the pages -- "Inhabitants in Various 
Townships, in the County of . . .."

I've been told that other counties in other states did the same thing in 
1870, but I've not noticed evidence to that fact and have been curious if the 
1870 Wright Co., MO, census was an anomaly or not.  --Wilene

> Date:   Mon, 16 May 2011 22:07:34 -0400
> Subject: Re: How To Determine an Actual Site from Census?
> 
> I would like to know if there is a site that can determine the actual=20
> residence/farm from a 1870 census form.=A0 There are NO streets named, =
> only
> number=20
> of residence and number of family visited.=A0 The district and towns (in =
> some=20
> insatances)=A0are named.
> Thanks,
> Aurelia

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