Jim - the statement below is wrong! In the 8141 census, the enumerators were instructed to round DOWN all adult ages to the nearest 5-year point. This means that if someone is shown as age 60, their age was actually between 60 and 64; someone shown as 55 was actually between 55 and 59. Gordon. On 11/02/2010 23:51, Jim wrote: > Reviewing my records in c1841 dunnottar Ann is 60 and William is 55 (rounded > up by 5s.

Thank you for the correction Gordon. I checked my ancestry census printouts and you are correct. I have been going over a lot of my records and realized I had found the 1841 census image by spelling LumsdOn on the search on SP web site. No such luck with finding the critical 1861 census entry. I am still at a stop on finding William and Ann's death record in Dunnottar or Fetteresso after 1851. Your tip helps with the details that are so important now. Jim -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gordon Johnson" <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:30 PM To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ABERDEEN] 1841 census > Jim - the statement below is wrong! In the 8141 census, the enumerators > were instructed to round DOWN all adult ages to the nearest 5-year point. > This means that if someone is shown as age 60, their age was actually > between 60 and 64; someone shown as 55 was actually between 55 and 59. > Gordon. > > On 11/02/2010 23:51, Jim wrote: >> Reviewing my records in c1841 dunnottar Ann is 60 and William is 55 >> (rounded >> up by 5s. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >