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From: "Israel Cohen" <>
Subject: Re: [O-W] OLD-WORDS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:59:58 +0200
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http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/bulldog/bull03/bull17-03/html/bull17-03.html
The Archivists' Bulldog Newsletter of The Maryland State Archives
1790 Census: Kent County, Maryland by D. Frank Potter and Raymond H. Ringgold

Qet. - Quaker Neck. The enumerator possibly considered it as Quaker
east, which it is. The names associated with Qet annotations are
predominantly land owners in Quaker Neck.

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Based on a Google search, this term is only associated with the 1790
Maryland census.

Izzy

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On 1/9/07, kathy e. <> wrote:
>
> Ciao Izzy,
>
> I had thought of that also , but they did not in 1790 enumerate dead persons
> , later on in yrs they did have a
> death schedule . Also in some cases I have found ( dcd ) for deceased .
> I have checked the 1800 Census too and a few of the people are still there ?
> this has been the biggest mystery I have ever encountered .
>
> My first thought many yrs ago was that it referred to a person being over a
> certain age , since in 1790 they enumerated , males under age 16 , males
> over 16 , and all Females . ( I thought possibly it referred to what we call
> today a Retired Senior Citizen )
>
> I have searched Colonial records for the reference and there is none ? The
> Census Archives have every abbreviation used , but NO ( Qet ) ?
> Someday in my lifetime I would love this mystery solved .
>
> Grazie ,
> Kathy

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