Who should be census record Principals?

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This discussion was created from comments split from: "Principal" designations in Census records and mysterious disappearance of indexed data.

SteveLinke

Who should be designated as Principals in the Indexed Data for Census pages? In most cases, I think only the Head person is a Principal. However, I have encountered many pages where every single person (or way too many people) are listed as a Principal. Who should it be - only the Heads, or everybody, or something else?

Julia Szent-Györgyi

I believe the Head should be the only principal in a census household.

Maile L

I mark the head of household as the principal individual.