In message <0bbd01c627bc$aec29340$f8e6adcb@ianfisk>, Ian Fisk <fiski@ihug.co.nz> writes >Chris, > >The exact instructions to the enumerators were: >"Write the age of every person under 15 years as is is stated to you. >For persons aged 15 years upwards, write the lowest of the term of 5 >years within which the age is. >Thus -- For Persons aged 15 years and under 20 write 15 | 35 >years and under 40 write 35 | 55 years and under 60 write 55 > 20 years and under 25 write 20 | 40 years and >under 45 write 40 | 60 years and under 65 write 60 > 25 years and under 30 write 25 | 45 years and >under 50 write 45 | 65 years and under 70 write 65 > 30 years and under 35 write 30 | 50 years and > >All you can say about your couple is that their ages were at least 40 >and no more than 45. Not quite - if they were stated as 45, then they were 45-49+ >the rule for this. For example, my couple >> are both listed at age 45. Does that mean that they were simply >nearer >> to 45 than 40--say 43 or 44? -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society