OOPS.......THAT WAS A FEW NIGHTS AGO. JAN 31, 2000. Sorry all you have to do is go to the site and click on ARCHIVES then click on William Dollarhides article on CENSUS DAYS Sorry for the goof. Glenda ----- Original Message ----- From: Glenda Brothers <gbrothers@syix.com> To: <char@presys.com>; <ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com>; <MimmiKAR@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Census records > Charlene... Speaking of Census Records have you seen the site below on > census records? Quite interesting. > Take a look at this article on Census, It could change alot of our > estimating ages. > > I was surfing the other night, and found this article on "Census Day." > Thought it > was rather interesting, & others might also. > > http://www.genealogybulletin.com/HTML/current.html > > Later > > Glenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charlene Holland <char@presys.com> > To: <ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 1:31 PM > Subject: Census records > > > > I read an interesting article on census records. > > > > Between 1790-1820 three copies of the census were made, all by hand > > In 1830 and 1840 two copies were made, again all by hand > > Between 1850-1880 three copies of the census was made, all by hand > > Between 1890-1920 one copy was made and as most of us know, most of the > > 1890 census was destroyed by fire. > > > > Is it any wonder that mistakes were made, names misspelled, or even just > > initials used! I can't imagine having to copy all those records by hand, > > can you? > > > > Charlene > > > > > > >