I worked as a census taker in 1970 and we were told to ask people the question and put down their answers. I know one woman who graduated from High School with my older cousin and when I ask her age, she said an age that was about 15 years younger than me. That would make her about 3 when she graduated from High School. But that is the age I put. I don't remember any obvious errs in race, but if there had been, I would have written down what they said. Dora ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadlock" <shadlock@brightok.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] question to anyone with an idea......... > Wow, Jeff, you must have been right on that one LOL! > Can't afford one at the moment but it would be neat. > I am thinking that back then, since so many people were passing as white but > clearly weren't that there has to be a theory about it. > Maybe a good story too! > I had attended a graduation of a friend who is also native american, a fancy > dancer who travels the circuit (a large one at that) and it is he who told > me of the pow wow he danced at in Mo, near the ARk border. Makes sense given > the fact that the Comers on the Cherokee rolls were also in that area and > settled in Ark. I thought someone might have some historical trivia > regarding the census takers. > I also find them living at the Osage Indian Rez in Ok in the early 1900s but > they are listed as white there too. Then at least three of them buried in an > indian cemetery outside of Tulsa in Sand Springs.........all of them listed > as white so I was puzzled by that. I can see Oklahoma doing that but not > Missouri. > Thanks anyway, if you have a idea about the census takers , I am all ears. > Evie > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >