Missing Page in 1860 New Jersey Census

Cousin David

p. 71 in Upper Pitts Grove Township, Salem County, New Jersey is missing. Record goes from p. 70 to p. 72. No record of page 71 before or after for five pages. Specifically, bottom of page 71 is George and Martha Mitchell family. Notes and names show indexed at bottom of page; however, the next page of the actual record is p. 72. Wishing to check details on the other children/step-children. Please advise.

Mike357

@Cousin David, Yes - you are certainly correct: page 71 is missing from the 1860 United States Census for Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem, New Jersey. I verified this by checking for continuity of dwelling numbers; dwelling number 539 thru 544 are missing from the census.

I also checked other repositories (Ancestry and Fold3) and find that they also have the same missing page. So, the problem appears to be broader than FamilySearch. So far, I have not been able to find an acknowledgement of the missing page in any source.

The only possible solution that I might suggest, at this time, would be to check with the New Jersey State Archives. It might be possible that they would have another copy of the original census for New Jersey. The official website for the archives is provided below and contains contact information.

I wish you luck in chasing this down.

https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/index.html

Cousin David

Excellent. Thank you. Messy. And a real exception to the rule. It just got missed…..

Paul W

@Cousin David

It would seem unlikely FamilySearch will add page 71. This has not been an action that has been taken in similar cases, as far as I am aware.

Your problem reminds me of one I encountered, many years ago. I knew a family were resident in an Essex village in 1851 but they were not to be found there in the England & Wales census. After a couple of rechecks, I, too, discovered the problem involved a missing page. I reported this at the then Family Records Centre in London and, by the time of my next visit, the microfilm was found to have the missing page included!

I wish you similar success, but would not be too optimistic, especially if there is only one filming of this record and the original paper copy of the page is missing, too.

Paul W

Ruth H_1

@Cousin David

I think this is your missing page:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSH-9DMC?cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMFHF-CPT

As the data from the missing page had been indexed, it seemed more likely that the page was mislaid rather than lost. I like a challenge!

Cousin David

Yes, noticed that. HOWEVER, how did that happen?