Hello All: Hope the weather in your neck of the woods is more predictable than the issue I've run into... I have another burning question for you historians. I located my gr-grandmother's family in the 1900 Lonoke AR census that listed one of the children as "little sister." Well, she was only 6 months old, so I didn't think much of it. Fast forward ten years, and she is listed as "Babe" (which I suppose is a sort of a name). I thought this was unique to my relatives, but as I've been browsing through census images, I have noticed several instances of children listed as "Not Named" -- one little girl was 3 years old! Of course that made me curious about the real story behind this cold data. Why would it take so long to provide a child with a name? Was there a religious or cultural reason for this? Was the name of a child so insignificant in that time period that the parents felt there was no rush? And, in the case of the 3 year old "Not Named", would her birth certificate have been filled out 3 years after her actual birth? If so, would it have even been accurate?? Okay...I guess that was more than one question, but I was just curious if anyone had any ideas on this one. Forgive me if I seem a bit obsessed about these oddities--I'm just trying to get a real taste for the flavor of the times, not simply places, dates, and (sometimes) names. Thanks a bunch! -Pamela