Hi all, Please read this & keep it more or less intact.. (I just want to be sure the person that supplied the actual info get's credit..) I hope this will help :) Maureen List Mom > -----Original Message----- > From: ROBERT E PATY [mailto:dback1935@email.msn.com] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:46 PM > To: Maureen > Subject: Re: [GENCLASS-L] Census Dates > > > Maureen, > I have no objections to this info being passed along wherever it > might be of > use. > Robert Paty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen" <boog@gdsys.net> > To: "ROBERT E PATY" <dback1935@email.msn.com> > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:14 PM > Subject: RE: [GENCLASS-L] Census Dates > > > > Hi Robert, > > > > I would like to pass this info on to the census lookup list's I admin > along > > with the main census admin list, so that other admins may use this > > referance. I will post it entirely as you have posted it > (including your > > e-mail addy, etc.) I should also add that I will not post it > till I hear > > back from you with an "Okies" to forward it to the other list's..) > > > > Maureen > > List Mom of the AL, FL, LA & TX census lookup mailing list's on > Rootsweb.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ROBERT E PATY [mailto:dback1935@email.msn.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 6:59 PM > > To: GENCLASS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [GENCLASS-L] Census Dates > > > > > > Helen BB asked about census dates. According to "The Census Book" by > > William Dollarhide, census dates were as follows: > > > > 1790 Census Day 2 Aug Time- 9 mos > > 1800 Census Day 4 Aug Time- 9 mos > > 1810 Census Day 6 Aug Time-10 mos > > 1820 Census Day 7 Aug Time-13 mos > > 1830 Census Day 1 Jun Time-12 mos > > 1840 Census Day 1 Jun Time-18 mos > > 1850 Census Day 1 Jun Time- 5 mos > > 1860 Census Day 1 Jun Time- 5 mos > > 1870 Census Day 1 Jun Time- 5 mos > > 1880 Census Day 1 Jun Time- 1 mo > > 1890 Census Day 1 Jun Time- 1 mo > > 1900 Census Day 1 Jun Time- 1 mo > > 1910 Census Day 15 Apr Time- 1 mo > > 1920 Census Day 1 Jan Time- 1 mo > > > > The "census day" was not the day the enumerator arrived at the > household; > it > > was the day for which all the statistics of the census was > collected. The > > instructions given to all U S marshals before 1820 were: > > "all questions refer to the day when the enumeration is to commence; the > > first Monday in August next. Your assistants will thereby > understand that > > they are to insert in their returns all the persons belonging to the > family > > on the first Monday in August, even those who may be deceased > at the time > > when they take the account; and, on the other hand, that they will not > > include in it, infants born after that day." > > Similar instructions have been given for every census, > 1790-1990, but with > > different census days. > > > > I hope this will help Helen with her question and anyone else > who might be > > wondering. > > > > Robert E Paty, dback, Arizona > > Researching DeLoach, Moss, Paty > > > > > > ==== GENCLASS Mailing List ==== > > Diana Muir - dmuir@charter.net - List owner, Professional Genealogist > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~genclass/ Free Online Classes and Genealogy > Library > > > > >